YHCC provides medical services that help treat patients, by equipping laboratories with sophisticated equipments and by an integrated team of technical and professional expertise.
The Department of Laboratory is committed to providing comprehensive clinical pathology services to all patients of all ages. The laboratory is ISO 15189:2012 certified, and has an External Quality Assessment program run by CAP. It is dedicated to providing the best quality, most up-to-date, efficient, and effective laboratory services in a professional manner. These services can be used to assess wellness and identify disease risk factors, as well as assisting in the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of disease.
The lab has been equipped with specialized medical devices where specialists and technicians work. They process clinical laboratory test samples, including routine and urgent specimen in an efficient, timely manner to get accurate clinical laboratory test results. The laboratory is considered one of the main diagnostic departments in YHC consisting of the following units:
Offers a wide variety of lab tests, including general chemistry profile, enzyme determination, lipid profile, cardiac risk markers, liver function tests, kidney profile, trace metals, neonatal and prenatal screening, and endocrinology tests for female and male fertility testing.
Services include automated blood counts, coagulation studies, immunohematology, blood typing as well as identification of genetic disorders of hemoglobin and diagnosing different types of anemia and red blood disorders.
Provides a wide spectrum of tests including microscopy, culture for detection and identification of parasites, fungi, as well as bacteria that cause human pathogenic infections related to different body sites and organs. It also performs a variety of drug susceptibility testing to help in antimicrobial treatment.
Offers the tests that help in diagnosis of viral and other infectious diseases by detecting antigen or antibody reactions.
Phlebotomy staff is trained to be facile on newborns as well as the aged.
Qualifications
Master of Science in pathology- Iraq
Areas of Interest
Hematology and biochemistry , Hormones and microbiology