CIRCULAR No. 02 of 2023 – GUIDANCE – ISO 15189:2022 TRANSITION ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEDICAL LABORATORIES
The purpose of this Circular is to inform and update all accredited and applicant medical laboratories, including assessment personnel, of the timelines and the transition process arrangements for KENAS accreditation to this new edition (2022) of the ISO 15189 standard.
The Circular spells out KENAS-specific arrangements applicable to its medical laboratory accreditations to the new edition of ISO 15189 within the three years resolved by ILAC (the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation).
Therefore, all accredited and applicant medical laboratories and assessment personnel must note the highlighted arrangements in this Circular. To read further please click the link 
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CIRCULAR No. 01 of 2023 – INFORMATIVE – WE HAVE MOVED TO A NEW OFFICE LOCATION
The purpose of this Circular is to notify our valued clients (applicants and accredited bodies), suppliers, and all other stakeholders of the change to our Office location.
Therefore, clients, suppliers and all other stakeholders to take note of the change contained in this Circular, which describes our new physical address and future unified telephone number.
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CIRCULAR No. 02 of 2021 – ALIGNMENT OF ANNUAL ACCREDITATION FEES TO THE FISCAL YEAR OF THE SERVICE
The purpose of this Circular is to notify all accredited bodies, applicants, and potential Clients of the change introduced due to aligning the variable anniversaries for the payment of the Annual Accreditation Fee to the fiscal year of the Service.
You may recall that over the last two years, the Service has been undertaking several transitional actions from the Kenya Accreditation Service Order 2009 (Legal Notice No. 55 of 2009) to align and comply with the new legal statute, the Kenya Accreditation Service Act 2019 (Act No. 17 of 2019).
Therefore, all accredited bodies and applicants are required to take note of the change contained in this Circular, which describes the administrative arrangements for the invoicing and payment of the Annual Accreditation Fee. To read further please click the link Circular View/Download)
TO ALL ACCREDITED BODIES AND APPLICANTS INFORMATIVE CIRCULAR – NEW ACCREDITATION AGREEMENT TO THE NEW LEGAL STATUTE – THE KENYA ACCREDITATION SERVICE ACT, 2019
The purpose of this Circular is to inform all accredited bodies, applicants and potential clients of the changes introduced in the alignment of the existing accreditation agreement to the Kenya Accreditation Service (“the Service”) new legal statute – the Kenya Accreditation Service Act 2019 (Act No. 17 of 2019). All accredited bodies and applicants are required to take note of the highlighted changes contained in this Circular, which sets out changes in terms of agreement between the Service, the accredited bodies, and applicants with provisions of the Act (….to read further please click the link Circular View/Download)
To read the agreement please click the link Accreditation Agreement View/Download