Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

About

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine - Achievements:

• Our Labs are accredited by the following local and international agencies:

• College of American Pathologists (CAP) since 1984

• American Association of Blood Bank (AABB) since 1986

• American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) since 1994

• American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) since 2009

• Joint Accreditation Committee-ISCT & EBMT (JACIE)

• International Organization for Standardization (ISO 17025)

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine – Training Programs:

• Pathology Residency Training Program

• Pathology Fellowship Training Program:

     1- Renal and Nephropathology

      2- Breast and Gynecological

• Bone and Soft Tissue

• Medical Technologist Internship Training program

Scope of Service

The Department is constantly striving to provide the highest quality of laboratory service through an efficient and cost-effective management of resources.

The laboratory is functionally organized under 10 sections:

• Anatomic pathology: including Histology, Cytology, and Electron Microscope

• Blood Bank:

         1- Transfusion services: processing, Crossmatch / Transfusion.

         2- Donor services: Blood Donation, Apheresis.

• Total Lab Automation (TLA) include:

1-Specimen processing.

2-Clinical Biochemistry: including Special Chemistry, urinalysis and Therapeutic drug monitoring.

3- Hematology: including Hemostasis/Coagulation (routine and special), Special hematology and manual differential by using digital imaging systems.

4- Immunopathology: including immunology, HLA, HLA-DNA and cellular immunology.

5- Toxicology/bioanalysis: including food toxicology, water analysis and substance analysis.

6- Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) satellite lab including Clinical Biochemistry, Hematology, Coagulation, and Specimen collect.

7- King Abdullah Cancer Center and Liver Disease satellite lab including Clinical Biochemistry, Hematology, Coagulation and Specimen collection.