In addition to these accreditations and the need to achieve global standardization in reporting out Glycosylated Hemoglobin results which play an integral part in a Diabetic study, we participated in the NGSP certification program which certifies traceability to the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Reference Method. In laboratories are awarded Certificates of Traceability (Level I) for successfully completing precision and bias testing using specific methods, reagent lots, calibrator lots and instrumentation used.