SRINAGAR, Sept. 9 -- A five-day NABL Assessor Training Programme on ISO 15189:2022 commenced in Srinagar on Tuesday with the objective of strengthening medical laboratory quality assurance and accreditation systems in Jammu and Kashmir.

The programme is being organised jointly by the Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Kashmir, the State Allied and Healthcare Council, J&K (SAHC-JK), and the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), a constituent board of the Quality Council of India (QCI).

The training forms part of quality and capacity-building initiatives being implemented under QCI's "Gunvatta Chakra" framework in Jammu and Kashmir. Officials said the programme follows earlier initiati...