Image via WikipediaThe 50 percent of paternity testing to be performed in the clinical laboratory Patria Rivas prove to be excluded, that is, for every 100 DNA tests revealed that 50 men identified is not the father. The president and technical manager of the institution, Fatherland and Vilma Rivas Diaz, reported that laboratory performs about 800 paternity tests a year, of which about 400 are found to be not Fathers. These tests are a cost of 15000 to 20000 pesos, depending on the social status of the person who requests it. In addition to the institution conducts tests free of charge to institutions like the Conani. The information was provided during a press conference held at the headquarters of the institution to acquaint the country that the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) granted accreditation to Patria Rivas clinical laboratory testing for paternity. Rivas reported that with this accreditation Dominican Republic became the first country in Latin America to receive such a distinction, which currently has four United States, Canada and the United Kingdom with three one. "The accreditation granted by the AABB to the lab, founded in 1966, means that the Dominican entity is at the laboratories of the world and that conforms to the expectations of quality of the American Association of Blood Banks," Rivas said. He said that the accreditation was granted after an intensive evaluation in the laboratory authorized by advisers of the AABB, stating that the level of operational resources professional, technical and administrative exceed the standards set by the international entity. In addition to having a leading edge technology. The AABB is an international membership organization, nonprofit dedicated to advancing continuously in the field of transfusion medicine, biologic therapies and tests related affiliation or paternity. | ||||
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