TY - JOUR T1 - Effect of accreditation schemes on the setting of quality specifications by laboratories JF - Scand.J.Clin.Lab.Invest. Y1 - 1999 A1 - Libeer,J.C. KW - Accreditation KW - ALL KW - an KW - AS KW - at KW - Belgium KW - Brussels KW - Certification KW - Clinical Laboratory Techniques KW - Comparison KW - effect KW - Follow KW - general KW - health KW - Humans KW - im KW - INFORMATION KW - Institute KW - IS KW - journal KW - Laboratories KW - language KW - management KW - medical KW - ON KW - pathology KW - Print KW - public KW - public health KW - Public-health KW - Quality KW - Quality Control KW - Requirements KW - result KW - results KW - Service KW - Services KW - specific KW - standards KW - System KW - Term KW - Test AB - In the future, there will be a universal standard for quality management in medical laboratories: ISO 15189. This standard follows the basic principles of ISO 17025, the general standard for test laboratories, but also adds several specific aspects. A comparison between these standards is given. The language of ISO 15189 is designed to be understood by medical laboratory professionals. As this standard is applicable to all medical laboratory fields, requirements are given in general terms requiring the laboratory to implement them correctly. Because it is essential that information provided by laboratory results is useful for healthcare, the requirements covered by ISO 15189 are compared with those needed for providing good medical laboratory services. The capabilities of the personnel at the laboratory clinic interface are the most difficult to assess and evaluate in an adequate quality management system VL - 59 CP - 7 U1 - 126 ER -