Collective opinion paper on findings of the 2011 convocation of experts on laboratory quality

Ortwin Adams; Greg Cooper; Callum Fraser; Michael Hubmann; Graham Jones; Mario Plebani; Oswald Sonntag; Michel Vaubourdolle

doi:10.1515/cclm-2012-0003

Published by De Gruyter March 16, 2012

Collective opinion paper on findings of the 2011 convocation of experts on laboratory quality

Ortwin Adams , Greg Cooper , Callum Fraser , Michael Hubmann , Graham Jones , Mario Plebani , Oswald Sonntag and Michel Vaubourdolle

From the journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)

https://doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2012-0003

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Abstract

In April of 2011, Bio-Rad Laboratories Quality System Division (Irvine, CA, USA) hosted its third annual convocation of experts on laboratory quality in the city of Salzburg, Austria. As in the past 2 years, over 60 experts from across Europe, Israel, USA and South Africa convened to discuss contemporary issues and topics of importance to the clinical laboratory. This year’s conference had EN/ISO 15189 and accreditation as the common thread for most discussions, with topics ranging from how to meet requirements like uncertainty to knowledge gained from those already accredited. The participants were divided into five discussion working groups (WG) with assigned topics. The outcome of these discussions is the subject of this summary.

Keywords: accreditation; ISO 15189; proficiency testing; quality control; quality specifications; traceability; uncertainty of measurement; uncertainty

Corresponding author: Oswald Sonntag, Bio-Rad Laboratories GmbH, Heidemannstrasse 164, 80939 Munich, Germany

Received: 2012-1-5

Accepted: 2012-2-6

Published Online: 2012-3-16

Published in Print: 2012-9-1

Collective opinion paper on findings of the 2011 convocation of experts on laboratory quality

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