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LABS: Regional Laboratory Network

PIHOA Member State Laboratories

  • CLIA-regulated laboratories
    • American Samoa
    • Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
    • Guam Dept. of Public Health Laboratory
    • Guam Memorial Hospital
  • Non-regulated laboratories
    • Chuuk State Hospital Laboratory, Federated States of Micronesia
    • Pohnpei State Hospital Laboratory, Federated States of Micronesia
    • Kosrae State Hospital Laboratory, Federated States of Micronesia
    • Yap State Hospital Laboratory, Federated States of Micronesia
    • Belau National Hospital Laboratory, Palau
    • Majuro Hospital Laboratory, Republic of Marshall Islands
    • Leroj Kitlang Memorial Health Center, Laboratory, Ebeye, Republic of Marshall Islands

PIHOA Regional Laboratory Advisory Board

Pacific Paramedical Training Center, New Zealand

  • John Elliot, Director, Pacific Paramedical Training Center
  • Philip Wakem, Programme Coordinator, Pacific Paramedical Training Center

World Health Organization

  • Christopher Oxenford, Laboratory Specialist, Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response, World Health Organization, Western Pacific Region

Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention

  • Robert Martin, Laboratory Science Officer, Coordinating Office for Global Health, CDC

Secretariat of the Pacific Community

  • Salanieta Elbourne Duituturaga, Laboratory Specialist, SPC
  • Louise Simpson, Project Coordinator, Prevention and Capacity Development HIV & STI Section, SPC

FSM Department of Health & Social Affairs

  • Lisa Barrow, National Laboratory Coordinator, Federated States of Micronesia

US Pacific Command

  • Roland Fahie, Joint Blood Program Officer, Office of the Command Surgeon, US Pacific Command (PACOM), US Department of Defense

Fiji School of Medicine

  • Representative to be confirmed

USAPI Laboratory representatives

  • Representative, CLIA regulated labs of the [Association of USAPI Medical Laboratories] to be nominated by the CLIA labs of association
  • Representative, non-CLIA regulated labs of the [Association of USAPI Medical Laboratories], to be nominated by the non-CLIA labs of the association

PIHOA Support Staff/Facilitating role

  • Vasiti Uluiviti, Regional Laboratory Coordinator, PIHOA
  • Michael Epp, Executive Director, PIHOA

Association of USAPI Medical Laboratories

Mission statement: To promote excellence in management of patient care through delivery of quality assured laboratory services in the region.

Goals:

  1. Strengthen relations among peers
  2. Promote awareness of laboratory role and health care delivery
  3. Promote education in medical laboratory science
  4. Promote standardization of medical laboratory personnel requirements
  5. Promote standardization through the formation of lab association

Membership:

  • Government medical/hospital laboratories in the PIHOA-member states

Contact:

  • Paul Lalita – Lab Manager, Majuro Hospital Laboratory, RMI
    P.O. Box 16, Majuro MH 96960
    Tel: (692) 625-3355 ext 2376, Fax: (692) 625-4543
    Email: paul_lalita@yahoo.com

Other Medical and Public Health Laboratory Associations

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