Prasanth Kumar

Background

About Prasanth Kumar

Prasanth is an expert in the field of Quality Management and Laboratory Operations with over 25 years of experience. His expertise in the accreditation process is commendable both as a NABL auditor and as an independent advisor. Previously, he served as an accreditation Officer at NABL, during which he had completed the transition of the standard from ISO/IEC 17025 to ISO 15189 for Medical laboratories in India. He is also a qualified Auditor for ISO 15189. Furthermore, he has completed training for the implementation of Hospital Accreditation standards by NABH. He has worked with many organizations, including startups and well-established ones to put their quality system in place. He has as well worked with Quest diagnostics India, where he met the major purpose in preparing for CAP and NABL accreditation and successfully finished the process within 7 months. He has extensive exposure wherein he has taken for setting up Quality Assurance departments to the preparation of the Quality Manual in accordance with Accreditation Requirements & compliance to GCP/GLP for the organizations he worked with. His strong knowledge and expertise have assisted many of his client laboratories to fit themselves and become competent at a very fast pace, thereby equipping themselves to clear the audits without many non-conformities. He is also an advisor for many top leading laboratories and hospitals for their quality management and laboratory operations.