NGHA Jeddah Sigma Verification of Performance

NGHA Jeddah becomes the second public laboratory in Saudi Arabia to achieve re-verification. Now more than 90 assays across 6 instruments are verified.

National Guard Hospital Administration Jeddah - Sigma Verification of Performance

Original Verification: May 10th, 2016
Duration of Current Verification: July 1st, 2019 through July 31st, 2020

King Abdulaziz Medical City in Jeddah, with a 751 bed capacity, provides state of the art practice of medical care services for the Saudi Arabian population in the Western Region. In addition to that, it promotes and advances understanding of diseases prevention amongst the population. It also initiates, interacts and indulges in the medical bases practice amongst the institutional, local, regional, national and international collegial community.

Since the medical city was founded in July 1982, it has strived to preserve excellence in quality of patient care. It has transformed to become part of King Abdulaziz Medical City-Jeddah.

The verification was completed on their ARCHITECT instruments. While the original verification covered only 1 instrument, the re-verification covers 3 biochemistry instruments and 3 immunoassays.

Chemistry Assay	C8000-1 verified	C8000-2 verified	C8000-3 verified
Albumin	Four Sigma	-	Four Sigma
ALT	Six Sigma	Five Sigma	Five Sigma
Alkaline Phosphatase	-	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Amylase	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	-
AST	Four Sigma	Four Sigma	Four Sigma
Bilirubin, Direct	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Bilirubin, Total	Five Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
CO2	Four Sigma	-	Four Sigma
Calcium	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Cholesterol	Five Sigma	Five Sigma	Six Sigma
Creatinine	Five Sigma	Four Sigma	Five Sigma
GGT	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Glucose	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Iron	-	Six Sigma	Five Sigma
HDL	Five Sigma	Five Sigma	Five Sigma
IgG	-	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
IgM	-	-	Four Sigma
Lactate	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Lipase	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	-
Magnesium	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Phosphorous	Five Sigma	Six Sigma	Five Sigma
Potassium	Five Sigma	Five Sigma	Six Sigma
Transferin	-	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Total Protein	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Five Sigma
Triglycerides	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
UIBC	Four Sigma	-	-
Uric Acid	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma

Immunoassays that were verified for the first time:

Immunoassays	I2000-1 Verified	I2000-2 Verified	I2000-3 Verified
Cortisol	Four Sigma	-	-
Digoxin	Four Sigma	-	-
AFP	-	Five Sigma	Six Sigma
PSA	-	Six Sigma	Four Sigma
TSH	-	Four Sigma	Six Sigma
FSH	-	Five Sigma	Four Sigma
hCG	-	Four Sigma	Four Sigma
LH	-	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Phenytoin	Six Sigma	Five Sigma	-
Progesterone	Five Sigma	-	Five Sigma
Prolactin	-	Four Sigma	Four Sigma
Testosterone	-	-	Four Sigma
TSH	Five Sigma	Five Sigma	-
Vancomycin	Four Sigma	-	-