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Sigma Verification of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

The Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, has joined the Sigma VP program. They become the first - and most prominent - hospital and laboratory in the United Arab Emirates to achieve this verification.

Sigma Verification of the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Verification: February 7th, 2018
Duration of Verification: February 7th, 2018 through February 28th, 2019

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From the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi website:

"Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is a unique and unparalleled extension of US-based Cleveland Clinic’s model of care, specifically designed to address a range of complex and critical care requirements unique to the Abu Dhabi population. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi has five Centers of Excellence in the following Institutes: Heart & Vascular, Neurological, Digestive Disease, Eye and Respiratory & Critical Care. Other Institutes include Surgical Subspecialties, Medical Subspecialties, Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Imaging, and Quality & Patient Safety. In all, more than 30 medical and surgical specialties are represented at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

"The facilities at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi combine state-of-the-art amenities and world-class service standards. The hospital is a 364 (expandable to 490) bed facility, with five clinical floors, three diagnostic and treatment levels, and 13 floors of critical and acute inpatient units. It is a physician-led medical facility served by North American board certified (or equivalent) physicians. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi provides patients in the region direct access to the world’s best healthcare providers and Cleveland Clinic’s unique model of care, reducing their need to travel abroad for treatment."

The following assays and instruments which were verified

Assay

Roche cobas 778547

Roche cobas 893648

ALT

 

Six Sigma

Amylase

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

AST

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Direct Bilirubin

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Total Bilirubin

 

Five Sigma

C-Reactive Protein

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Calcium

Six Sigma

Five Sigma

Cholesterol

Five Sigma

 

Creatinine Kinase

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

GGT

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Glucose

Five Sigma

Five Sigma

Haptoglobin

Six Sigma

 

Lactate

Six Sigma

 

LDL

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

LDH

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Lithium

Six Sigma

 

Lipase

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Magnseium

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Potassium

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Total Protein

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Triglycerides

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Uric Acid

Six Sigma

Five Sigma

Six Sigma: World Class Quality. Possible to use 3s to 3.5s limits and a minimum of controls

Five Sigma: Excellent Quality. Possible to use 3s limits or a 1:3s/2:2s/R:4s Westgard Rule

Four Sigma: Good Quality. Possible to use 1:3s/2:2s/R:4s/4:1s Westgard Rule

 Visual Summary of Performance of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi chemistry assays

2018 CCAD cobas6000 1 NMEDX

2018 CCAD cobas6000 2 NMEDX

 Congratulations to the entire laboratory staff, with special thanks from the quality team.

2018 Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Sigma VP