General Information
Type of service provider
Testing laboratory
Physical postal address
CENTRAL MEDICAL STORES, JOMO KENYATTA ROAD NEW ENGLAND VILLE
P.M.B 322
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Phone number
00232 25 282886
E-mail
pharmpqclab [at] yahoo.com
registrar [at] pharmacyboard.gov.sl
Website
Legal Status
Public
Has the laboratory been accredited in any scopes?
No
Does the laboratory have other sites?
No
Personnel
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / Head of Organization
CEO Name
JAMES P KOMEH
CEO Phone
CEO E-mail
kompjames [at] yahoo.com
Total laboratory personnel
Total laboratory personnel
11
Male laboratory personnel
8
Female laboratory personnel
3
Technical personnel
Technical personnel total
9
Male technical personnel
7
Female technical personnel
2
Technical Information
Testing
Laboratory services offered
Biological
Medical
Chemical
Other
Other testing laboratory services
MEDICAL DEVICES
Scope of services offered
Test object or product tested or matrices
Pharmaceuticals
Test parameter/ properties measured
Identification
Assay
Dissolution
Uniformity of dosage
uni
Assay
Dissolution
Uniformity of dosage
uni
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Titrimetry
UV-
Spectrophotometry
HPLC
MINILAB KIT
TRUSCAN
RAMAN
Spectrophotometer
UV-
Spectrophotometry
HPLC
MINILAB KIT
TRUSCAN
RAMAN
Spectrophotometer
Methods
BP, USP,
International
Pharmacopoeia
International
Pharmacopoeia
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Medical devices
Test parameter/ properties measured
Length
Thickness
Lubricant content
Inflation Volume
inflation Pressure
Package Integrity
Hole testing
Thickness
Lubricant content
Inflation Volume
inflation Pressure
Package Integrity
Hole testing
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Micrometer screw
Analytical
balance
Air Inflation
System
Electric and
manual hole tester
Ageing oven
Analytical
balance
Air Inflation
System
Electric and
manual hole tester
Ageing oven
Methods
ISO 4074
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Microbiology
Test parameter/ properties measured
Plate count
Colony count
Colony count
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Culture and
counting
counting
Methods
USP, BP
Accreditation status
No
Does the laboratory conduct sampling, upon request of the client, of products to be tested?
Yes
Proficiency Testing
Does the lab participate in proficiency testing for accredited scopes
No
Does the lab participate in proficiency testing for non-accredited scopes
Yes
PT Scheme details
NPQCL participate in a proficiency testing scheme coordinated by WHO
with procedures derived from EDQM. This scheme gives NPQCL the
opportunity to measure its performance through testing blind samples
and determine its ability to perform a procedure within a network of QC laboratories
with procedures derived from EDQM. This scheme gives NPQCL the
opportunity to measure its performance through testing blind samples
and determine its ability to perform a procedure within a network of QC laboratories
Inter-laboratory comparison
Yes
Interlaboratory comparison scheme
The lab participates in year inter-laboratory tests managed by WHO
and Africa Medicine Quality Forum (USP). Reports are available in the lab
and Africa Medicine Quality Forum (USP). Reports are available in the lab
Does the laboratory sub-contract testing work to other laboratories?
Yes
Outsourced services
1.Global Fund commodities that requires prequalified laboratory analysis
2.Failed samples which clients request further testing
3.Samples for which the lab doesn’t have scope or capacity
2.Failed samples which clients request further testing
3.Samples for which the lab doesn’t have scope or capacity
Documented policies, procedures and records for the qualification, assessing and monitoring of all outsourced services providers
Yes
Please specify in which type of document all these aspects are covered
Quality manual
Quality Control / Quality Management
Does the lab operate an internal quality control (QC) system to ensure quality of test results?
Yes
Does the lab operate a management system (or Quality Management System) for assuring the quality of results?
Yes
Is the system documented in a Quality Manual?
Yes