Name: Hardina Binte Hamzah
Subject title: Laboratory Management and Quality Assurance
Topic: Organization or regulatory bodies that regulate the operations of clinical laboratories in Singapore
Health Sciences Authority (HSA) is one of the regulatory bodies that regulate clinical laboratories’ operations. Centre for Transfusion medicine (CTM) is the one of the professional centres of HSA1. CTM controls the operation of the blood bank laboratory. CTM assists in guiding blood usage policies2, blood transfusion protocols2 and blood product safety guidelines2 of various hospitals. CTM provides laboratory with clinical support such as guidance on blood utilization2, blood grouping discrepancy2 and cross-matching problem2. There is a need for HSA to regulate the operations because it is to attain quality and excellence of services1 and, blood and blood products supplied1.
1. (2007). About Centre for Transfusion Medicine. Retrieved June 13, 2008, from Health Sciences Authority. Website: http://www.hsa.gov.sg/publish/hsaportal/en/health_services/about_ctm.html
2. (2007). Clinical Services. Retrieved June 13, 2008, from Health Sciences Authority. Website: http://www.hsa.gov.sg/publish/hsaportal/en/health_services/transfusion_medicine/clinical_services.html
Subject title: Laboratory Management and Quality Assurance
Topic: Organization or regulatory bodies that regulate the operations of clinical laboratories in Singapore
Health Sciences Authority (HSA) is one of the regulatory bodies that regulate clinical laboratories’ operations. Centre for Transfusion medicine (CTM) is the one of the professional centres of HSA1. CTM controls the operation of the blood bank laboratory. CTM assists in guiding blood usage policies2, blood transfusion protocols2 and blood product safety guidelines2 of various hospitals. CTM provides laboratory with clinical support such as guidance on blood utilization2, blood grouping discrepancy2 and cross-matching problem2. There is a need for HSA to regulate the operations because it is to attain quality and excellence of services1 and, blood and blood products supplied1.
1. (2007). About Centre for Transfusion Medicine. Retrieved June 13, 2008, from Health Sciences Authority. Website: http://www.hsa.gov.sg/publish/hsaportal/en/health_services/about_ctm.html
2. (2007). Clinical Services. Retrieved June 13, 2008, from Health Sciences Authority. Website: http://www.hsa.gov.sg/publish/hsaportal/en/health_services/transfusion_medicine/clinical_services.html
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