A major consultation on the quality of goods and services in Antigua and Barbuda on April 12, 2016, is expected to be the first step toward the establishment of a National Quality Awards for the country. In a process being led by the Antigua and Barbuda Bureau of Standards (ABBS),...
Eureka Medical Laboratories Celebrates 21st Anniversary with Accreditation
The CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) was on hand recently to celebrate with Eureka Medical Laboratories (EML), as the laboratory rang in its 21st year of operation by becoming the first such medical company to receive the ISO 15189 Accredited status, in Guyana. In the ceremony held...
Call to Action for Access to Quality HIV related Diagnostics as a Human Rights Entitlement of Residents of the Caribbean Region
We, the National HIV Programme Managers and Laboratory Managers of countries in the Caribbean Region, in collaboration with CARPHA, PANCAP, CDC/PEPFAR, WHO/PAHO, UNAIDS and other partners, at the meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from 20th-23rd October, 2014 to review HIV care and treatment targets and discuss ways...
LQMS-SIP
CROSQ/AFENET/CDC LQMS — SIP ProjectLaboratory Quality Management Systems — Step wise Improvement Process BACKGROUND Health and social care seeks to provide a competent service to doctors, patients, families, the public and regulators. The primary purpose of health and social care accreditation is to ensure that users of the service receive...
ASTM International Board Welcomes New Director Deryck M.S. Omar of CROSQ
Deryck M.S. Omar, chief executive officer for the CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality, has joined the ASTM International board of directors for a three year term commencing January 2016 ASTM made the announcement recently on its website, where more information can be found about the appointment. http://www.astmnewsroom.org/default.aspx?pageid=3906
