Strengthening of Medical Laboratory Services in the Caribbean

A CARIFORUM Project funded by the European Union

Project Office located at: #6 Rapsey Street , St.Clair
Telephone: 1- 868- 622 42 61 + Ext. /  Fax. 1-868- 628 5756
Email: medlabs@carec.paho.org

Strengthening of Medical Laboratory Services in the Caribbean Portal

Caribbean Regional Competency Profile for Medical Laboratory Technology

Interactive CD Rom for Laboratory and Quality Management Training

Newsletter - 2nd edition
CLAS Guidelines for Medical Laboratories to implement ISO 15189:2003

CLAS Guidelines Español, Nederlands, Français

Report on Procurement Systems 
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This four year project, initiated by CAREC was approved in May 2000, under the 8th European Development Fund (EDF) Caribbean Regional Indicative Programme (CRIP). 

The overall objective is to improve national and regional medical laboratory information in CARIFORUM countries, resulting in improved patient management, disease prevention and control.  A higher level objective is to improve the health status of Caribbean populations.

The project aims to improve management of, and coordination between, public and private laboratories in the region, thus leading to more accessible, higher quality and less fragmented laboratory information.

The different components of the project are:

• Legislation and accreditation

• Human resource development

• Laboratory management

• Regional co-ordination

• Operational research

Principal activities include:

• Training of existing staff in Laboratory Management and Quality Assurance

• Inclusion of these principles within the curricula of training institutions

• Development of standards for laboratories and an accreditation system for monitoring of laboratory quality

• Development of information systems to support disease prevention and control initiatives

• Operational research to support policy development

The financing agreement for this project was approved in August 2000 and a start-up work programme in August 2001. The Work programme for Year 3 officially started on January 1 2005 and is currently under implementation.

• Project Document – Executive Summary and Logical Framework (MS Word)

• Brochures of the project in English Español Français (MS Word)

• Strengthening Medical Laboratory Services in the Caribbean – Overview and update (PDF) January, 2006

• Laboratory Managers and Quality Assurance Co-ordinators Training Programme

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The Project Implementation Unit (PIU) - CAREC