Accreditation of Medical Laboratories

Handbook of Research on Modern Educational Technologies, Applications, and Management Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI:10.4018/978-1-7998-3476-2.ch037

D. McGrowder, Dwayne Tucker, Fabian G. Miller, Melisa Anderson, K. Vaz, Lennox Anderson-Jackson

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Quality test results generated by medical laboratories across the globe are critical for patient diagnosis and treatment. In addition, this is an area of healthcare that requires standardization. Accreditation is the formal recognition by an authoritative body noting that the clinical laboratory has an established quality management system and is competent to carry out specific tasks related to testing. The Strengthening Laboratory Management Toward Accreditation (SLMTA) program was established to strengthen national laboratory systems and to drive improvements that are immediate and measurable in developing countries, particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa. This review seeks to look at opportunities that can be garnered by accredited medical laboratories and challenges in seeking accreditation during the implementation and operational states of the criteria of ISO 15189:2012. It also examines the progress toward clinical laboratories becoming accredited due to the enactment of the SLMTA in resource-limited settings.

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认可医学化验所

全球医学实验室产生的高质量检测结果对患者的诊断和治疗至关重要。此外，这是一个需要标准化的医疗保健领域。认可是权威机构对临床实验室建立了质量管理体系并有能力开展与检测相关的特定任务的正式认可。建立了“加强实验室管理以获得认可”(SLMTA)计划，以加强国家实验室系统，并推动发展中国家，特别是撒哈拉以南非洲国家的即时和可衡量的改进。本次审查旨在研究在ISO 15189:2012标准的实施和运行状态中，获得认可的医学实验室可以获得的机会和寻求认可的挑战。它还审查了在资源有限的情况下，由于制定了SLMTA而获得认可的临床实验室的进展。

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