Quality Management and Quality Assurance in Medical Laboratories

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Author(s): Kyriacos C. Tsimillis (Cyprus Accreditation Body, Cyprus)and Sappho Michael (Ministry of Health, Cyprus)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 18
Source title: Laboratory Management Information Systems: Current Requirements and Future Perspectives
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Anastasius Moumtzoglou (Hellenic Society for Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Greece & P. & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, Greece), Anastasia Kastania (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece)and Stavros Archondakis (Military Hospital of Athens, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6320-6.ch008

Keywords: Health Information Systems / Medical Information Science Reference / Medicine & Healthcare

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This chapter deals with issues of quality management and quality assurance in medical laboratories. Basic terms and their role in quality assurance in laboratory examinations are analyzed and discussed. Clarifications on certification and accreditation are given with a comprehensive analysis of the procedures they refer to and their implementation for particular tasks. The implementation of the international standard ISO 15189 is presented with reference to some recent developments. The chapter has been prepared to help medical laboratories in an introductory understanding of quality assurance issues and encourage them to proceed with the implementation of the standard ISO 15189 and not as a detailed guide. Some practical considerations rising from the experience of a small country such as Cyprus are also discussed.

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