Published on: February 06, 2023
By: PIA-NCR
QUEZON CITY, (PIA) – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will grace the 40th Founding Anniversary of the National Kidney & Transplant Institute (NKTI) Monday, February 6, 2023, where he is expected to deliver a message during the event.
The NKTI is known for advanced patient care provided by its medical and nursing staff, particularly in the treatment of renal disease, dialysis & organ Transplantation (kidney, liver, pancreas, stem cell / bone marrow).
Formerly known as National Kidney Foundation of the Philippines (NKFP), NKTI was founded in 1983 to provide the best individualized kidney care while advancing urologic cancer care for the future.
In a news release, Dr. Rosalie Sabina Michiko Samonte, MD DPSP shared that on March 27, 2009, the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) Medical Laboratory made a significant milestone in the history of diagnostic medicine in the country as it launched the first total laboratory automation with an integrated laboratory information system in the Philippines.
It was another landmark in Philippine health care history last Jan. 18 when the NKTI Medical Laboratory was formally awarded its ISO 15189 accreditation by the Philippine Accreditation Office (PAO) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
The NKTI Medical Laboratory is the first and only clinical laboratory in the Philippines to be accredited for ISO 15189:2007. Specifically, a total of 51 laboratory tests in 10 different sections have been accredited.
The NKTI Medical Laboratory’s ISO 15189 accreditation is an addition to the NKTI’s being the first Philippine tertiary government hospital to be ISO 9001 certified since 2002.
The NKTI has again proven its steadfast pursuit of providing high-quality and world-class medical health care to the Filipino people.
ISO 15189 is the international standard particular to medical laboratories that specifies the requirements for quality management system and technical competence.
The ISO 15189 accreditation not only ensures the capacity of the medical laboratory to deliver accurate and reliable test results to their patients and medical consumers but also takes into account the competence, continuing education and training of the laboratory personnel who administer and perform the tests. With the accreditation, both patient and health care provider reap benefits.
The NKTI hospital went from a 50-bed to a 310-bed capacity, currently it now has 383 beds, according to another new release. (PIA-NCR)
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