SIA 'Centrālā laboratorija' started operating in 1994 and has now become one of the largest and most modern laboratories in the Baltics with more than 80 branches and 750 employees.

Laboratory is evaluated in accordance with the LVS EN ISO 15189: 2013 standard in the following areas: hematology, biochemistry, coagulology, immunology, cytology, microbiology, virology, parasitology, pathohistology, molecular biology - DNA testing.

Accreditation certificate LATAK-M-434-13-2011.

The latest technologies and equipment are used:

Hematology analyzers: Sysmex XN 9000, Sysmex XN1000, Sysmex XN350, XT1800i, Sysmex XS 800i, Sysmex XT4000i hematology analyzers, Automated Digital Cell Morphology Analyzer DI-60, ALIFAX S.P.A. "TEST 1", Capillary micrometer Roller 2.

Clinical analyzers: Urine analyzers Cobas U6500_701/601, Cobas U 601, Cobas u411 Roche Diagnostics.

Immunohematology: Bio Rad IH-500.

Immunology and infection diagnostics: Gemini, Alegria (Orgentic), Mikrogen diagnostic, CarL, IDS-iSYS Multi-Discipline Autotomadet System, Madmax, DAS iTALY APBLOT ELITE, Line Blot, Capillary and gel electrophoresis Sebia capillaris, Senti FIT 270.

Clinical chemistry and immunochemistry analyzers: Cobas Pro c503/e801, Cobas Pure, Integra 400 plus, ABBOT ARCHITECT, Immulite 2000 XPi, Cobas e411, Cobas h232. BIORAD, Preanalytical System Cobas p312, Roche Diagnostics.

Coagulological analyzers: SYSMEX 2500, SYSMEX CS2100i, SYSMEX CA1500, SYSMEX CA500, SYSMEX CA600.

Molecular diagnostics: Automated nucleic acid extraction with Cobas 6800 (F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.), NATCH CS (S12C) (Sansure Biotech Inc.), MICROLAB Nimbus IVD (HAMILTON), Flowbot ONE (Flow Robotics A/S), Chemagic 360-D (PerkinElmer Inc.), GeneXpert Xpress (Cepheid Inc.), NIMBUS HAMILTON, CFX96 BIORAD Real-Time PCR (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.), SLAN-96P (Shanghai Hongshi Medical Technology Co., Ltd). Tianlong Gentier 96 (Xaian TianLong Science Technology Co., LTD., Auto Pure96 Hangzhou ALLsheng, QIAstat-Dx Analyzer 1.0.

Microbiology: Bruker MALDI Biotyper sirius one, Vitek 2 Compact.

Cytology: Thin prep 500, HOLOGIC BD.

Laboratory information system SmartLis (Switzerland) is the most modern and the only system of its kind in the Baltics, with more than 350 workstations.

The laboratory has an extensive logistics network, which provides transport of the investigated material throughout Latvia.

The laboratory regularly and successfully participates in international external quality control programs:

• Labquality (Finland)
• UK NEQAS (United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Schemes)
• EARSS (European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System)
• QCS (Quality Control Service), Roche Diagnostics (France)
• RIQAS (Randox International Quality Assessment Scheme)
• Instand EQAS program
• Reference Institute for Bioanalytics RfB

Laboratory staff are constantly improving their qualifications by participating in international seminars, conferences and in-house seminars.

Our policies and goals

Scope of quality policy

The widest range of clinical diagnostic laboratory tests.

Mission

To provide customer-friendly, safe, functionally modern, high-quality laboratory services and customer services, improving operations to offer complex solutions.

Quality policy

In its activities, the laboratory proves its ability to constantly and continuously offer a high-quality and affordable service that meets the wishes and regulated requirements of customers, applying high professional skills and modern investigation technologies in its field of activity.