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Accreditation of Medical Laboratories in Croatia - Experiences of the Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital "Merkur", Zagreb

Since 2003 when the international norm for implementation of quality managenet in medical laboratories (EN ISO 15189, Medical laboratories - Particular requirements for quality and competence) was established and accepted, accreditation has become practical, generally accepted method of quality managenet and confirmation of technical competence of medical laboratories in the whole world. This norm has been translated into Croatian and accepted by the Croatian Institute for Norms as Croatian norm. Accreditation is carried out on voluntary basis by the Croatian Accreditation Agency that has up to now accredited two clinical medical biochemical laboratories in the Republic of Croatia. Advantages of accredited laboratory lie in its documented managenet system, constant improvement and training, reliability of test results, establishing users trust in laboratory services, test results comparability and interlaboratory (international) test results acceptance by adopting the concept of metrological traceability in laboratory medicine.

medical biochemical laboratory; ISO standards; accreditation; quality management; traceability in laboratory medicine; Croatia

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