The Aga Khan University Hospitals Clinical Laboratory Re-Accredited by the CAP

The Aga Khan University Hospitals Clinical Laboratory has received the gold standard College of American Pathologists (CAP) accreditation for the third time. It remains the only clinical laboratory in Pakistan to receive this prestigious accreditation. This accreditation is a certification that AKUH Clinical Laboratories follow over 3,500 standards to provide our patients timely and accurate results every time.

A team of seven inspectors are practising professionals qualified through the CAP training programme – visited the Aga Khan University Hospital and its Outreach Health Network on a two-day visit from 10 March to 11 March 2022 to audit AKUH laboratory’s quality records, staff qualifications, validation of tests, equipment, facilities, safety programmes and overall management against 3,500+ indicators.

Shagufta Hassan, Cof EO AKU Outreach Health Network, Pakistan, said that the Clinical Laboratories of AKU are a national asset and have grown from one laboratory on its Stadium Road campus in Karachi to over 294 phlebotomy centres and 13 stat-laboratories across 126 cities in Pakistan. “AKU is recognised as a leader in its academic programmes and clinical services.” She continued, “We strive to achieve the highest standards of quality that meet and exceed their families’ expectations.”

At the debriefing after the audit, the CAP inspectors expressed their satisfaction. They commended the teams’ efforts to maintain the highest quality y standards every day.

“There are no showstoppers in this place. You’re a busy place, and you’re a very complex place; it’s probably one of the most complex labs in the world. You have a big checklist with many items, and it takes a strong team with a lot of deep understanding of the different disciplines [to do this work]. You should be very proud of that,” said Dr Aaron Han, Chief Auditor CAP.Mar. Mreiman Shahabuddin, President of The Aga Khan University, expressed his gratitude to the team for achieving this milestone for the third time and said, “We have excellent people who are passionate about delivering the highest quality healthcare and have a drive to constantly improve our operations so that our patients and their loved ones are satisfied that they are in good hands.”

“We are committed to delivering accurate and timely results for our patients by providing the highest quality standards and transparency,” said Dr Farooq Ghani, Director of CAP accreditation.

The Aga Khan University Hospitals and the AKU Outreach Health Network, Pakistani Patient Welfare and Zakat programmes. In 2021 alone, 950,000 patients received Zakat support work PKR 3.7 billion.

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