Caledonia Medical Laboratory Limited – World Accreditation Day – Advert. for the Gleaner on June 9 2023
ON THIS momentous occasion of World Accreditation Day, under the theme ‘Supporting the Future of Global Trade’, we at Caledonia Medical Laboratory (Biomedical) proudly celebrate not only the remarkable strides made in healthcare quality and safety, but also our laboratory’s 55th anniversary.
Cindy Lightbourne, Chairman Biomedical Labs, and Helen Christian, the CEO of Biomedical Labs, presented a cheque of $50,000 to the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE) on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at the Exchange, in support of the Ventilator COVID-19 Relief initiative of the JSSE.
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton enjoys a light moment with Barbara Hendriks, managing director of Biomedical Caledonia Medical Laboratory, after the signing of a $24.3-million contract between the Government and the laboratory to conduct microbiological tests for a period of six months.
FELICITY Ann Agnes Lightbourne, former founding managing director of the Biomedical Caledonia Medical Laboratory, was on Wednesday remembered as a loving medical technologist who tutored many in the workings of the public and private laboratories in Jamaica.
The Ministry of Health and Wellness has partnered with Caledonia Medical Laboratory Limited to provide laboratory tests for several public hospitals across the island.
BIOMEDICAL Caledonia Medical Laboratory has added six collection centres to its network over the last 14 months.
This brings the total number of locations used to collect blood and other samples of human body fluids to 45.
HEALTH Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says a compassionate care programme designed to drive the customer care element in the public health system will be introduced.
Biomedical Caledonia Medical Lab Limited, one of the oldest labs in Jamaica, has been accredited by the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), having achieved the ISO-15189 international standard for quality
and competence.
