Hope till know none of us has a clear idea about the omissions and commissions of laboratory errors, in much of the consumer related issues with morbidity and mortality only practicing doctors are sued and matters dragged in the courts, with consumer awareness many are aware that physicians do a little examination and dependent on laboratory investigations. With Medical Council of India opening the Pandora box of laboratory services authorizing only the professionals registered with MCI alone can sign the laboratory reports it just means not signature, blindly signing will get one into trouble without knowing the content of the test results and impact on the survival and death of patients.

Never to forget the laboratory results are many times not constant and liable for many variations as per ISO accreditation standards (ISO 15189:2012), the laboratory is responsible for its…