ISO 15189:2012 - Medical Laboratory Accreditation

Quality Management System

ISO 15189:2012 specifies requirements for quality and competence in medical laboratories.

This Accreditation can be used by medical laboratories in developing their quality management systems and assessing their own competence. It can also be used for confirming or recognizing the competence of medical laboratories by laboratory customers, regulating authorities and accreditation bodies.

Medical laboratories are essential for patient care, therefore, they must have to fulfill the needs of patients and also have to comply with the international standards. Medical laboratory services, clinical physiology, medical imaging and medical physics can take advantages of this ISO Standard.

Benefits of ISO 15189:2012 / Medical Laboratory Accreditation

• Laboratories can use it for developing their quality management system.
• Assessment of medial lab's competence.
• Confirmation or reorganization of medical laboratory's competence through customers, regulating authorities and accreditation bodies.
• Increased customer satisfaction by providing better and improved performance of laboratory and via controlled quality management system