Qualitity Assurance Projects

In addition to the clinical laboratory projects in Eritrea and Bhutan, Dr. Jack Ladenson is developing a quality assurance training and monitoring program for developing countries. While working on our projects in developing countries, one consistent observation is the lack of quality assurance training activities in the laboratories, whether they are using a complex analyzer or a simple colorimeter. With initial funding and support from Beckman Coulter, Inc., Dr. Ladenson plans to set up nationwide clinical laboratory quality assurance training and monitoring programs for Bhutan, Eritrea and El Salvador. These countries are selected as "pilot" countries because they are relatively small, have a well organized, government controlled laboratory system and are genuinely interested in improving the quality of their laboratory services. For this project, Pathologist Overseas is partnering with the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists, the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, Beckman-Coulter Foundation, the Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, and the Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine.