GOOD CLINICAL LABORATORY PRACTICES IN PAKISTAN

The Handbook for Good Clinical Laboratory Practices in Pakistan, created by the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) in collaboration with the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), is intended to serve as an informational guide for clinical laboratories in order to improve the health and wellbeing of people and animals in Pakistan.

Promotion of laboratory best practices and communication between and among laboratories is the best way to enhance disease surveillance and to help establish the relationships that keep experts engaged with the international community of responsible practitioners working for the public good. Ultimately, the creation of this handbook is a starting point to continue the discussion and evolution of creating and implementing best practices within clinical laboratories. PAS and NASEM hope that the content will be useful

to the thousands of dedicated men and women supporting the people, animals, plants,

and environment of Pakistan in the spirit of “One Health” and in some way, lead to a

strengthening of the population of talented humans responsible for the health and wellbeing of the citizens of Pakistan.