CGC Genetics is the first Portuguese private laboratory to receive accreditation in medical genetics. (in jornalmedico.pt)
"Recognized internationally in the diagnosis of genetic diseases, CGC Genetics is now the first Portuguese private laboratory to receive accreditation in medical genetics, a distinction awarded by IPAC (Portuguese Institute of Accreditation) in a process started in 2015.
The accreditation received is based on the international standard ISO 15189, used to evaluate clinical laboratories around the world. In this way, the technical skills and good practices carried out by CGC Genetics, the oldest private genetics laboratory in Portugal, are thus certified at all levels.
For the attribution of this distinction, IPAC evaluated all laboratory components that affect the production of data related to the tests and consequently the results. Through this process, the accreditation of laboratories gives the clients the guarantee of quality and competence, due to the high degree of requirement inherent to the normative.
In recent years, CGC Genetics has made a number of investments in the order of 3 million euros, including last generation equipment in "New Generation Sequencing" (NGS), which allow in a single test to sequence a gene, several genes or the complete exoma A technology that has delivered significant advances in genetic diagnostics by shortening deadlines and reducing costs.
For the CEO of CGC Genetics, Purificação Tavares, this "accreditation is taken as the corollary of the entire investment. We have always had high technical competence, but now, with this accreditation, we can demonstrate it beyond any subjectivity. "
It should be noted that in Portugal there are only 5 private medical genetics laboratories. "