ISO 9001 has had no effect on quality in the in vitro medical diagnostics industry

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 39-43

  Krouwer, Jan S ^a  

^a Krouwer Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification; In vitro medical diagnostics; Iso 9000; ISO 9001; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; INDUSTRY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

EID: 0842328389     PISSN: 09491775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00769-003-0713-x     Document Type: Article

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