The Governing Board of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) has announced a date for the commencement of the late payment penalty for 2020 licensure.According to an unverified information made available to nigerianmedlabscientist.com.ng, penalty payment for 2020 Medical Laboratory Scientists annual practicing license will commence from December...
The first Medical Laboratory Scientist to be made the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN), Chief Pa Dustan Tabansi has gone to be with the Lord.According to a statement from Dr M N Unachukwu for the family, PA DUSTAN TABANSI slept...
PRESS BRIEFING ON THE REPORT OF THE SECOND BATCH PRE-MARKET VALIDATION OF SARS-CoV-2 INFECTION (COVID-19) TEST KITS IN NIGERIA BY DR. TOSAN ERHABOR, REGISTRAR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE COUNCIL OF NIGERIA (MLSCN) ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2020.PROTOCOLPreambleGentlemen of the Press, I am delighted to welcome you to the...
The Registrar/CEO, Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN), Dr. Tosan Erhabor held a press briefing on the outcome of the second batch of Pre-Market Validation of COVID-19 test kits recently carried out by the agency in Abuja, on Tuesday, October 13, 2020. Here are excerpts from the press briefing. MLSCN...
The Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) will today present the validation progress report for the second batch of Rapid and  Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test kits submitted to her for the purposes of diagnosis and surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19). The COVID-19 test kits were submitted...
Medical Laboratory Science of Nigeria (MLSCN) second phase of extension of the temporary suspension of enforcement of 200 percent Penalty on Annual Practice Fees ends this week.You may recall that Council extended the temporary suspension of the enforcement after the initial suspension elapsed on the 15th of May 2020...
The Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) has started validating the second batch of Rapid and  Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test kits submitted to her for the purposes of diagnosis and surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19) in Nigeria at it's Public Health in-vitro Diagnostics Control Laboratory,...
Setting the records straight in a misleading Public Notice issued by the College of Nigerian PathologistsThe attention of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) has been drawn to a misleading Public Notice published on behalf of the College of Nigerian Pathologists in some national dailies.Having regard to...
RE: PRESS BRIEFING BY THE MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE COUNCIL OF NIGERIA ONProgress report on Pre-market validation of (COVID-19) Rapid Test Kits (RTKs) and Unveiling of Guideline, for Private Medical Laboratories seeking to provide COVID-19 testing through completely private arrangement by the Registrar/Chief Executive Officer, Medical laboratory Science Council of...
PRESS BRIEFING ON THE PROGRESS REPORT OF PRE-MARKET VALIDATION OF SARS-CoV-2 INFECTION (COVID-19) RAPID TEST KITS (RTKs) IN NIGERIA AND UNVEILING OF GUIDELINES FOR PRIVATE MEDICAL LABORATORIES SEEKING TO PROVIDE COVID-19 TESTING BY DR. TOSAN ERHABOR, REGISTRAR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE COUNCIL OF NIGERIA (MLSCN) ON FRIDAY, MAY...