ISO 15189 Accreditation: Requirements for quality and competence of medical laboratories, experience of a laboratory I

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 274-278

  Guzel, Omer ^a   Guner, Ebru Ilhan ^a  

^a Centro Laboratuvarlari   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPETENCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTRANET; LABORATORY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARDS;

ACCREDITATION; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; MEDICAL LABORATORY PERSONNEL;

EID: 61349106076     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. ISO 15189:2003 Standard. Medical laboratories-particular requirements for quality and competence, ISO, Geneva.
2. Standards for Medical Laboratory. Accreditation for medical laboratories. CPA, Clinical Pathology Accreditation (UK) Ltd. PD-LAB Standards. 2007. (www.ukas.com/accreditation/cpa)
3. Verstraete, A. Attitude of laboratory personnel towards accreditation. Quality ®evolution in clinical laboratories, Second European Conference, 27 October 1966, Antwerp.
4. Quality Laboratory Practice and its role in patient safety: The American Society for Clinical Pathology Policy Statement. ASCP. 2006:2(2).
5. Plebani M. Towards quality specifications in extra analytical phases of laboratory activity. Clin Chem Lab Med 42 6 (2004) 576-577