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ISO 15189 Medical laboratories — Requirements for quality and competence is an international standard that specifies the quality management system requirements particular to medical laboratories. The standard was developed by the International Organisation for Standardization 's Technical Committee 212 (ISO/TC 212).
On September 16, 1998, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC) made a non-binding recommendation that CLIA coverage apply to embryology laboratories and suggested the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and ASRM accreditation checklist. [14]
The Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation (HQAA) is a US not-for-profit health care accrediting body and is an alternative to the Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP), Accreditation Commission for Health Care and Joint Commission. [1]
AS 9100 Revision D (2016), Quality Management System – Requirements for Aviation, Space and Defense Organizations The update of AS 9100 from revision C to D includes the full text of ISO 9001:2015. In addition to aligning the structure of the aviation, space and defense requirements to the new structure of ISO 9001:2015, the following key ...
National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers, abbreviated as NABH, is a constituent board of Quality Council of India (QCI), set up to establish and operate accreditation programme for healthcare organizations. Formed in 2005, it is the principal accreditation for hospitals in India. [1] [2]
Laboratories first began receiving CAP accreditation in 1964, [8] and the organization was later given authority to accredit medical laboratories as a result of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988. [9] The CAP publishes checklists containing requirements pertaining to the performance of laboratory tests.
The International Society for the Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) is the umbrella organization responsible for accrediting the Joint Commission accreditation scheme in the US and Accreditation Canada International, as well as accreditation organizations in the United Kingdom and Australia. [1]
Accreditation Canada accredited its first organization internationally in 1967 in Bermuda. [8] In 2010, Accreditation Canada International (ACI) was created to provide accreditation to hospitals, clinics, primary care centers and health systems. [9] Acreditas Global (formerly AAAHC International) has been present in Peru since 2012 and Costa ...