MLSCN registrar Anthony Emeribe said joining ILAC would have far reaching implications for the functions of the council toward strengthening health laboratory systems in the country.
The global recognition “is in line with our efforts to push the frontiers of laboratory medicine in this country,” he said.
“The recognition is also a challenge for us to work harder in our sphere of influence. It is one thing to earn this sort of recognition and another thing to sustain the ovation,” he added.
Emeribe urged public and private medical labs to work hard to improve on the quality of their test results and seek accreditation on ISO standards.
By implication, ILAC membership means Nigerians labs seeking international accreditation will help conserve huge foreign exchange, normally lost to accredited labs based outside Nigeria, said Emeribe.
Thirty years old, ILAC drives for excellence in lab practice based on ISO standards among lab inspection and accreditation bodies globally. It became a formal cooperation with a charter to establish a network of mutual recognition agreements across the globe in 1996.
