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UConn Health Core Laboratory Director Dr. Anu Maharjan (left) speaks with Dr. Y. Victoria Zhang while touring labs at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 2, 2025. (Photo credit: Nima Sherpa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UConn Health\u2019s Dr. Anu Maharjan<\/a> is back from another international conference where she shared her expertise on lab quality, this time at an Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine (ADLM) Asia Pacific Working Group workshop in Nepal.<\/p>\n

The Global Laboratory Quality Initiative workshop was part of the Nepalese Association of Clinical Chemistry Conference, May 3-4 in Kathmandu, Nepal\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

Maharjan, an assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and the director of UConn Health\u2019s Core Laboratory<\/a>, also visited laboratories at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Nepal\u2019s National Public Health Laboratory, and Samyak Diagnostic, a local pathology lab.<\/p>\n

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UConn Health\u2019s Dr. Anu Maharjan presents at a Global Laboratory Quality Initiative workshop in Nepal May 3, 2025. (Photo credit: Nima Sherpa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the workshop, titled \u201cAchieving Excellence in Laboratory Medicine Through Quality, Competency, and Data Science,\u201d Maharjan presented practical applications of implementing laboratory quality and sought to advance patient-centered laboratory services throughout the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were close to 200 attendees for our workshop and many were from a laboratory medicine background, holding an MD or Ph.D.,\u201d Maharjan says. \u201cIt was a humbling experience since some attendees even traveled on bus for more than 24 hours to attend our session.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of her presentations was on how to manage and implement point-of-care testing, which she says is a new concept for many laboratorians in Nepal.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany in the audience felt confident about implementing the requirements for a successful point-of-care department, but many still wanted a formal regulatory approval for laboratory medicine to oversee point-of-care testing in Nepal,\u201d Maharjan says.<\/p>\n

She also discussed risk management strategies.<\/p>\n

\u201cShowing monitoring of quality-control plans along with continual communication with internal and external stakeholders helped the audience see the benefits of risk management in laboratory medicine,\u201d Maharjan says. \u201cMany were keen on learning about risk management examples such as delta checking and moving averages to their day-to-day quality plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dr. Madhab Lamsal, president of the Nepalese Association of Clinical Chemistry, presents UConn Health\u2019s Dr. Anu Maharjan with an award of appreciation for speaking at the NACC\u2019s 5th annual conference, May 3, 2025. (Photo credit: Nima Sherpa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Her workshop concluded with a case study presentation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI presented real-world case studies from laboratories across the United States to illustrate challenges related to reagents, calibrators, instrumentation, and staffing,\u201d Maharjan says. \u201cThese examples resonated with our Nepalese audience, highlighting common issues faced in both settings.\u201d<\/p>\n

A member of the ADLM since 2017, Maharjan serves as past chair of the group\u2019s New York Metro Local Section and is a member of the Asia Pacific ADLM Global Laboratory Quality Initiative. In that role, she presented at a workshop in Mongolia in 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The ADLM is an international association of more than 70,000 clinical lab professionals, physicians, researchers and business leaders focused on achieving better health through laboratory medicine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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