Approaches to quality management and accreditation in a genetic testing laboratory

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Berwouts, Sarah ^a,c   Morris, Michael A ^b,c   Dequeker, Elisabeth ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c EuroGentest   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accreditation; genetic testing; ISO 15189; quality management; quality system; recommendations

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; DOCUMENTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

ACCREDITATION; EUROPE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955906219     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2010.104     Document Type: Review

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