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2. Pathology National Conference
The annual National Pathology Conference was held on 15 to 16 August 2017 in Swiss Garden Hotel,
Kuantan with the title ‘The Changing Face of Pathology’.

3. Strengthening and development of Pathology Services
The Pathology services have taken over the TDM reporting from the pharmacy side. Besides TDM
reporting, the reagent procurement in Pathology Department is being done by the Pathology Services
in the respective MOH Hospitals starting from April 2017,

Achievements:
A new subcommittee was formed, which was the Research Committee headed by Dr. Munirah Razak,
Dr. Hakimah Mahsin is elected as the Head of Reagent Procurement Committee.

The Workload Committee has also come out with a standardized template for report and calculation
of the pathology services workload that is distributed to all the Pathology Services in MoH.

The QA and Accreditation Committee had successfully organized a workshop on MEQAS in
collaboration with the Medical Development Division on 1 to 2 November 2017 in Institute of Health
Management, Bangsar

NUCLEAR MEDICINE SERVICES

Activities:
Nuclear Medicine Service encompasses the following 3 main divisions, which are:
1. Clinical Division: Diagnosis and Treatment
2. Radiopharmaceutical Division
3. Physics Division

Clinical Division is the division which receives all diagnostic or therapeutic referrals from hospitals
or clinics.

Radiopharmaceutical Division, plays an important role in providing quality assurance of the drugs
in particularly the radiopharmaceuticals/radiotracers and assure they are safe to be used on patients

Physics Division provides services on QC/QA of the instruments and monitoring on the radiation
safety level for the patients, staff and members of the public.

Over time, the total number of cases in Nuclear Medicine have increased up to a point of maximum
saturation. The waiting time for PET-CT appointment at the center region was recorded at 40 days
(acceptable duration within 14 days). In addition, it was noted that the down-time for the existing old
SPECT machines at HKL & HPP (all 4 units beyond 10 years of operation) was over 30 days, due to
the aged machines and poor maintenance services provided by the concessionaires.

Achievements:
1. Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and Training
HPP had successfully organized the National Nuclear Medicine Conference 2017, “A focus on
Nuclear Neurology” on 25 to 27 September 2017. Immediately following this, HKL had continued

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