Accreditation of medical laboratories in the European Union

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 268-275

  Huisman, Wim ^a   Horvath, A Rita ^b   Burnett, David ^c   Blaton, Victor ^d   Czikkely, Rózsa ^e   Jansen, Rob T P ^c   Kallner, Anders ^f   Kenny, Desmond ^g   Mesko, Pika ^h   Plebani, Mario ⁱ   Queralto, José ^j   Schumann, Gerhard ^k   Šprongl, Luděk ^l   Vitkus, Dalius ^m   Wallinder, Hans ^c   Zerah, Simone ⁿ  

^a MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c Lindens Lodge ^*  (Sweden)

^d General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

^e Szent Margit Hospital   (Hungary)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^h UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Slovenia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^j HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^k HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^l Sumperk Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^m VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

ⁿ Lab d'Analyses de Biologie Medicale   (France)

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Author keywords

Accreditation; ISO standards; Medical laboratory; Quality

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; EUROPE; HEMATOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCREDITATION; EUROPE; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33847127013     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.037     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. ISO EN 15189:2003. Medical laboratories - particular requirements for quality and competence.
2. ISO EN 17025:1999. General requirements for the competence of testing and calibrating laboratories.
3. Jansen RT, Blaton V, Burnett D, Huisman W, Queralto JM, Zerah S, et al. Essential criteria for quality systems in medical laboratories. Eur J Clin Chem Clin Biochem 1997;37:121-32.
4. Jansen RT, Blaton V, Burnett D, Huisman W, Queralto JM, Zerah, et al. Additional essential criteria for quality systems of medical laboratories. Clin Chem Lab Med 1998;38:249-52.
5. ISO/IEC 17011:2004. General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies.
6. ISO 10011:1993. Guidelines for auditing quality systems.
7. ILAC G3:1994. Guidelines for training courses for assessors.
8. EA 3/05:1993 (EAL-G7). Guidelines for training courses for assessors used by laboratory accreditation schemes.
9. Plebani M. Role of inspectors in external review mechanisms: criteria for selection, training and appraisal. Clin Chim Acta 2001;309:147-54.