Laboratory

The KKH Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is an ISO-accredited laboratory for Singapore Accreditation Council for medical laboratory testing since 2003. DPLM has also been accredited by College of American Pathologists (CAP) since July 2021. With a team of 190 highly trained staff, including histopathologists, clinical pathologists, medical laboratory scientists and medical technologists and support staff, the department offers comprehensive and reliable diagnostic laboratory service.

The laboratory services are linked via the Laboratory Information System interconnected to the hospital IT systems eg. Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE)for lab test orders and Sunrise Clinical Management (SCM) for patient medical records. Doctors are able to access or share test results with patients at the clinics or wards in a timely manner.

DPLM is also accredited by Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) for training in Microbiology and Anatomic Pathology.