ISO 15189 accreditation: Requirements for quality and competence of medical laboratories, experience of a laboratory II

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 279-283

  Yanikkaya Demirel, Gulderen ^a  

^a Centro Laboratuvarlari   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Clinical chemistry; ISO 15189; Laboratory medicine; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; COMPETENCE; LABORATORY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WORK ENVIRONMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STANDARDS; UNCERTAINTY;

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENT; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNCERTAINTY; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 60949113668     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2008.09.099     Document Type: Article

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