Opko Health, Inc. announced that the College of American Pathologists (CAP) has awarded accreditation to the Opko Lab in Nashville, Tennessee based on results of a recent on-site inspection. This accreditation is awarded to facilities that meet the highest standards of quality in laboratory services. With this recognition, Opko Lab joins the prestigious ranks of some of the most prominent clinical laboratories in the world.
"We are extremely proud to receive CAP accreditation," stated David Okrongly, Opko Lab's president. "This important milestone reflects our commitment to providing the highest quality standards for our clinicians and their patients."
The US federal government recognizes the CAP Laboratory Accreditation Programme, which began in the early 1960s, as being equal-to or more-stringent-than the government's own inspection program. During the CAP accreditation process, inspectors examine the laboratory's quality system, quality control programme and quality records for the preceding two years. CAP inspectors also examine laboratory staff qualifications, validation of tests and systems, equipment, facilities, safety program and record, and overall management.
"The Opko Lab team has always held the quality of the results we provide to our physicians and patients as central to our mission," said Dr. Vinita Mathur, Laboratory Director of Opko Lab. "The College of American Pathology accreditation is recognition of our commitment to quality and makes us all very proud."
Opko Lab, a laboratory certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, as amended ("CLIA"), operates as a full-service medical laboratory with a urologic focus and serves as the commercial platform for the US launch of the 4Kscore test.