– as World Accreditation Day is observedEven as the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) joined the rest of the world in celebrating World Accreditation Day yesterday, the central laboratory of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) was beingThe GNBS forum in session yesterday.bestowed with international accreditation in Jamaica. The achievement was dubbed a historic one by GNBS Executive Director, Ms Evadnie Enniss, who disclosed that the lab is the first in the country to achieve international accreditation.A round of applause for this auspicious achievement was evoked by Enniss as she delivered remarks at the forum held at De Impeccable Banquet Hall, Brickdam and Sandeman Place, Georgetown, to commemorate the 2015 World Accreditation Day.The forum saw a modest attendance of local laboratory representatives. In emphasising that the GRDB?s achievement is the first for Guyana, Enniss drew attention to the support of the GNBS in making the feat a reality.?We are not going to blow our (own) trumpet at the Bureau of Standards but we had an integral part to play in that. We worked with them and guided them along the process,? said Enniss as she asserted that the GNBS is fulfilling its mandate quietly and has plans to see even more achievements realised.?I want to use this opportunity on the occasion of World Accreditation Day to encourage laboratories that are lagging behind, that have started and are not moving ahead,[url=http://www.salecheapjerseys.us@#$%&/]NFL Jerseys China Wholesale[/url], they need to move ahead,? said the GNBS Director,[url=http://www.wholesalejerseyssale.us@#$%&/]Wholesale China Jerseys[/url], as she shared her conviction that ?it is a nice thing to receive those accolades (accreditation certificate). 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Enniss related.And according to her, because of the widening scope of accreditation, keen focus is even being trained on health and social care. It was with this expanded focus in mind that World Accreditation Day was celebrated under the theme ?Accreditation: Supporting the delivery of health and social care.?Enniss in directing attention to the theme alluded to the fact, that while there are many health care institutions in Guyana, the social care institutions on the other hand are very few. 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Enniss asserted.At this juncture, she extended an appeal to all institutions interested in achieving accreditation to seek the support of the GNBS, even as she alluded to the wide ambit it now encompasses.And since the observance of World Accreditation Day directed keen attention to health and social care,[url=http://www.cheapjerseysshare.us@#$%&/]Cheap Jerseys From China[/url], invited to deliver remarks were representatives from both the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Social Protection.While Senior Probation and Social Services Officer, Mr Aggrey Azore, was on hand to speak to the social aspect of the theme, Director of Standards and Technical Services attached to the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Julian Amsterdam, was a no-show, perhaps allowing for a very detailed presentation from GNBS?s Head of Conformity Assessment, Ms Candelle Walcott-Bostwick, on the importance of promoting standards in health and social care services.The aim of yesterday?s observance was to encourage stakeholders from within the Health and Social Care services to embrace the implementation of standards to improve the quality of services provided.Among the GNBS?s recommended standards that were highlighted by Walcott-Bostwick were: the ISO 9001 Quality Management System; ISO 14001 Environmental Management System; ISO/IEC 17020 Inspection Management System; GYS 231 Management Systems for micro, small and medium sized businesses; ISO 10000 series of standards ? 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