Can auditing save us from a quality disaster?
| Autor: | Sharon S. Ehrmeyer, Ronald H. Laessig |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
Quality management
Standardization business.industry General Chemical Engineering media_common.quotation_subject education Commercial law Accounting General Chemistry Audit Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Operations management Professional association Quality (business) Business Safety Risk Reliability and Quality Instrumentation Quality assurance health care economics and organizations media_common |
| Zdroj: | Accreditation and Quality Assurance. 13:139-144 |
| ISSN: | 1432-0517 0949-1775 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00769-007-0337-7 |
| Popis: | Auditing of clinical laboratories is a recognized component of quality assurance practice. National regulatory standards, such as the U.S. Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), and international voluntary standards, such as those promulgated by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), are used in the auditing. Professional organizations have long recognized the benefit of on-site, peer review. However, recent events in the U.S. question the validity of current auditing practices. To be effective, auditing must be part of a continuous quality improvement system and a key component of laboratory leadership. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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