Understanding Vitamin D: Why Deficiency Is Common in Nigeria and How to Prevent It Vitamin D is an essential nutrient that helps the body maintain strong bones, healthy muscles, and a strong immune system. The body produces vitamin D naturally through exposure to sunlight, while smaller amounts are obtained from foods and supplements. Although Nigeria […]
Health Info Home World AIDS Day WHAT IS HIV & AIDS? Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). HIV weakens your immune system by attacking and destroying your T-cells until you are unable to fight off even minor illnesses. You can have HIV without any symptoms. Getting tested […]
blog Home VIRAL LOAD MOLECULAR TESTING Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a global public health problemthat affects an estimated 350 million people worldwide, withapproximately 500,000 people dying annually from HBV-related liver disease. The hepatitis B virus DNA quantification, also known as the viral loadtest, measures the amount of the hepatitis B virus in the […]
The El-Lab Medical Diagnostics and Research Center is fully registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission and the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN); accredited by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and the Lagos State Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) as a secondary healthcare provider. We are recipients of several Merit Awards of Achievement and are in partnership with several agencies as part of support to the healthcare delivery system.
El-Lab is certified to ISO 15189:2012 standards by the MLSCN with support from the Centre of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and this means that in carrying out our work, El-Lab meets global standards for management responsibility, operational processes, quality and tools for error awareness, detection, remediation, prevention and correction; document control, internal audit and indicators, operations monitoring, customer satisfaction and other very comprehensive benchmarks. Our major aim is to continue to maintain and exceed the benchmark requirements / standards for national and international accreditation in accordance with ISO15189 line and WHO-AFRO/SLIPTA standards.
