Medical laboratories. Application of risk management to medical laboratories

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

05-06-2020

Publisher

British Standards Institution

This document specifies a process for a medical laboratory to identify and manage the risks to patients, laboratory workers and service providers that are associated with medical laboratory examinations. The process includes identifying, estimating, evaluating, controlling and monitoring the risks.The requirements of this document are applicable to all aspects of the examinations and services of a medical laboratory, including the pre-examination and post-examination aspects, examinations, accurate transmission of test results into the electronic medical record and other technical and management processes described in ISO15189.This document does not specify acceptable levels of risk.This document does not apply to risks from post-examination clinical decisions made by healthcare providers.This document does not apply to the management of risks affecting medical laboratory enterprises that are addressed by ISO31000, such as business, economic, legal, and regulatory risks.

Committee	CH/212
DevelopmentNote	Implementation of CEN correction notice 8 April 2020: conflicting national standards date of withdrawal in European foreword corrected
DocumentType	Standard
ISBN	9780580512100
Pages	92
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Current
Supersedes	DD CEN ISO/TS 22367:2010