HC: Assessment for clinical labs must

Based on a letter issued by the Quality Council of India to the Chief Secretary that interested labs are directed to submit applications and undergo third party assessment by NABLC, a division bench comprising Justice S Manikumar and Justice Subramonium Prasad said “It is the endeavor of this court that labs should at least have minimum quality assurance, for which purpose, it should not be restricted only to interested laboratories, to utilize the above said scheme.”

“The scheme should be made known to all the laboratories, which do not satisfy either ISO or NABL standards and they should compulsorily undergo the assessments procedure,” the bench added. The bench also impleaded the Quality Council of India as a respondent in the case to effectively adjudicate the issues raised in the writ petition.