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Regional Experience in the Implementation of Laboratory Accreditation

Indian journal of clinical biochemistry, 2022-05, Vol.34 (S1), p.S51 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2022 Springer ;ISSN: 0970-1915 ;EISSN: 0974-0422

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  • Title:
    Regional Experience in the Implementation of Laboratory Accreditation
  • Author: Sierra--Amor, Rosa
  • Subjects: Employee motivation
  • Is Part Of: Indian journal of clinical biochemistry, 2022-05, Vol.34 (S1), p.S51
  • Description: Laboratory accreditation based on ISO 15189, landed in Latin America in 2003. Spanish translations of this standard became national but voluntary standards. Later on, accreditation bodies created working groups in laboratory accreditation, which are now committees. Professionals with expertise in different fields of laboratory sciences became technical assessors for the accreditation bodies in Latin America. The Inter-American Accreditation Committee (IAAC) has full and associated members from several countries in the region, and it has been in charge to develop memorandum of understanding (MOU) to recognize the work done in laboratory accreditation regionwise. In 2014, the Chilean Society of Clinical Chemistry initiated a collaboration among professional societies in clinical biochemistry and laboratory sciences, accreditation bodies and metrology institutes in the region, with the aim to let everyone know the specifics of the ISO 15189 standard, and its interpretation. A group of peer review experts were invited to participate, to explain some of the requirements of the standard, including topics such as management, quality assurance, pre and post analytical phase, trazability, certified reference materials, among others. The success of this collaboration allowed all three organizations first of all to meet, to learn from each other, to question the standard, to suggest changes to the standard, and to motivate all those involved to coordinate efforts for the implementation of ISO 1589 in the region. Surveys were sent, questions were reviewed, a better understanding of the state-of-the-art standard was achieved by 2018. This effort has become an initiative of the Latin American Confederation of Clinical Biochemistry (COLABLIOCLI) with the auspices of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) and for the benefit of the patient.
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0970-1915
    EISSN: 0974-0422
  • Source: GFMER Free Medical Journals
    PubMed Central
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