Clinical Laboratory Services Department

This department has the following units, Clinical Laboratory Training, Laboratory Equipment Maintenance, Molecular Diagnostics, Bio-repository Services, Quality Improvement, Clinical Laboratory TB Services and Clinical Diagnostics.

Our work has been pivotal in the development of laboratory infrastructure in the country for quality diagnosis of HIV, TB and other infectious and non-infectious diseases in the country.

Achievements include,

• Supporting more than 100 tiered laboratories to implement a Quality Management System. These laboratories include, Clinical Diagnostics, Molecular Diagnostics, TB Zonal/National References and External Quality Assessment Laboratories.
• Establishment of 17 PCR laboratories in the country with financial support from US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Two of the supported laboratories namely, the Plateau State Human Virology Research Center and the National Quality Assessment Laboratory (NEQAL) Saye – Zaria have achieved international accreditation.
• Collaboration with the National Tuberculosis Leprosy Control Program (NTBLCP), to establish a Bio-Safety Level 3 (BSL3) laboratory in Zaria. This facility is the main facility supporting surveillance for drug-resistant tuberculosis in the country.
• Offering technical assistance to the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) yellow fever laboratory network and the National Laboratory Equipment Calibration Center through the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) to achieve international accreditation.