Kuwait Ministry of Interior General Department of Criminal

Kuwait Ministry of Interior General Department of Criminal Evidence DR. NADIA AL-KANDARY Head of Pathology Lab Forensic Medicine Department

Forensic Medicine • The branch of medicine dealing with the application of medical knowledge to establish facts in civil or criminal legal cases, such as an investigation into the cause and time of a suspicious death. Also known as forensic pathology

Forensic Medicine Department Forensic Examination Section Forensic pathology Section Special Clinics Section

Infanticide

Drowning

Burning

Suicide

Health Care Paradox 3 3 $ Trillion One of the BEST 3 Best 2. 5 $ Trillion Health Spending Hospital Trainer of HCPs Research

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rd 3 leading cause of Death in USA ? Medical (Preventable) Errors ! 250, 000 deaths / year

ITS REALLY EASY TO DEFINE A LEADER BUT ITS EXTREMELY HARD TO SPOT HIM

Challenges Work Load Social Media Patient Awareness Growth contamination

Health Professional Staff Core of Facility laboratory’s greatest asset YOU ARE important partner critical part of the quality system

VALIDATION Validation refers to the process of demonstrating that a laboratory procedure is reliable in the personnel performing the test

Patient Safety as the Core Value, Zero as the Core Goal “Our goal is to have zero serious safety events. We’re not a perfect organization but we aspire to be one. ” Richard Brilli, M. D. Chief Medical Officer Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus, Ohio