Harmonization of accreditation to ISO15189

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1637-1643

  Thelen, Marc H M ^a,b   Huisman, Wim ^c  

^a Laboratory for Clinical Chemistry and Haematology   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

accreditation; ISO15189; quality management system

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARDIZATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ACCREDITATION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85040321037     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2017-0820     Document Type: Review

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