Over 60 Years of Nurturing Trust (1949 - 2012)
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Landmark Achievements
2009
- ULTRA 4.1.5 upgrade of IT systems
- Lab recognised by the Govt. of India for Swine Flu Testing
2008
- Modular systems of Roche Biochemistry & Immunoassay units introduced
2007
- R & D division of LPL develops an HIV viral load kit which can detect as low as 30 copies
per ml - Satellite laboratories at Punjabi Bagh & NOIDA & Clinical Trials Laboratory, Gurgaon receive NABL accreditation as per ISO 15189
2006
- A dedicated Research and development (R&D) department setup at the Reference Laboratory in Okhla
- Six Laboratories of Dr Lal Pathlabs namely Main Laboratory, Reference Laboratory, Satellite laboratories at Gurgaon, SDA, Preet Vihar and Mumbai successfully upgrade the NABL Quality Standard from ISO / IEC 17025 to ISO / IEC 15189
2005
- Mumbai laboratory received accreditation from NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories) Min. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India as per ISO / IEC 17025
2004
- Tandem Mass Spectrometry for diagnosing Inborn Errors of Metabolism introduced for the first time in South East Asia
- India's First Laboratory to introduce Public Private Partnership laboratory services with the Govt. of Tripura
- Successful launch of in-house developed kit (Mycosure test) for Mycobacterium PCR
2003
- Satellite laboratories at Preet Vihar, Gurgaon and Safdarjung Development Area received accreditation from NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories) Min. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
2002
- First Indian Lab to get an International accreditation from the prestigious College of American Pathologists (CAP)
- First Indian Lab to install Lipoprint LDL system for LDL sub-fractions
2001
- First laboratory in India to link satellite labs (Kanpur) through VSAT & ISDN lines for real time and online data transfer to and from the main laboratory at New Delhi
- First Laboratory to be certified for ISO 9001:2000 from British Standards Institute for its Main & Reference Labs
2000
- First Indian Laboratory to be accredited by the NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories) against the standard NABL 100
1999
- First Indian lab to install world famous Triple G laboratory software (Ultra)
- First lab in Asia to introduce Bayer's Centaur for sophisticated Hormonal Immunoassays (e.g. Thyroid tests etc)
1998
- First Lab in India to install Electro-Chemiluminiscence ELECSYS - 2010 from Boehringer Mannheim, Germany
- First Lab in India to install FTIR for kidney & gall stones analysis
- First Lab in India to install BD's FACS CALIBUR Flow Cytometer for Immunophenotyping (CD4 / CD8 Counts etc)
- First Lab in India to install Atomic Absorption for rare metal toxicity
- First in North India to install bDNA for viral loads in AIDS and Hepatitis
1997
- First Lab in Northern India to install IMMULITE from Diagnostic Products Corp., USA, for rare immunoassays
1996
- First Lab in India to install Behring Nephelometer for special Protein analysis (Lipoprotein 'a' etc.)
1995
- First Lab in India to have THREE Abbott AXSYM MEIA & FPIA Auto-Analysers under one roof
1993
- First Lab in India to install BioRad Variant & other HPLCs for HbA1c, Thalassemias, VMAs, Catecholamines, Cyclosporine-A etc
- First Lab in India, Middle-East Asia to install BM-Hitachi - 917 Chemistry Autoanalyser
1991
- First Lab in India to install Coulter MAXM Hematology Analyser
1990
- First Lab in India, Middle East and South East Asia to install BM-Hitachi-717 Random Excess Autoanalyser
- First Lab in India to introduce RAST Testing — Full Allergy Panel
- First Private Lab to start Western Blot testing for HIV
1989
- First Lab in India to install Amerlite Immuno Chemiluminescence Assays (ICMA) for HIV and HBsAg
- First Private Lab in India to introduce HLA Tissue Typing for Organ Transplants
- First Private Lab to start HIV/AIDS testing
1988
- First Lab in India to install Baker 900 Hematology Analyser
- First Lab in Northern India to introduce Fluorescent Microscopy for Anti-Nuclear Factor, Anti-Smooth Muscle Antibodies etc.
1987
- First Lab in India to install Berthold 12 Well Counter for RIA (Hormone Testing)
- First Lab in India to install Helena EDC for electrophoresis of Serum Proteins, Hemoglobin, HDL - Cholesterol
1986
- First Lab in India to fully computerise Lab operations
1983
- First Lab in India to install NOVA-5 Ion Selective Electrode Electrolytes Analyser
1982
- First Lab in Northern India to install Ames Autopacer Chemistry Autoanalyser
1981
- First Private Lab in Northern India to introduce RIA's for hormones (Thyroid Testing etc)
1978
- First Lab in India to install Coulter Dn Hematology Analyser
1977
- First Lab in India to introduce Gelman Electrophoresis for lipoproteins, proteins and hemoglobinopathies