IAS provides accreditation for medical laboratories |
| The International Accreditation Service (IAS) has established a program for accrediting medical laboratories who demonstrate compliance with the international standard, ISO 15189, Medical Laboratories — Requirements for quality and competence.
"IAS is pleased to extend its services to provide hospital, medical and clinical pathology laboratories with a comprehensive and trusted program for assessing and accrediting the technical competence of laboratories. In particular, the discipline of medical laboratory service requires assurance and confidence in its test results critical to management of patient care," said Mohan Sabaratnam, Director, Quality and Accreditation for IAS. IAS accreditation provides formal, independent verification that a medical laboratory is technically competent to conduct pathological tests within an approved scope of accreditation. Medical professionals rely on accreditation as evidence to approve and use results from testing for patient care. The accreditation further demonstrates to regulators and users that medical laboratories are also third-party accredited organizations, having appropriate traceability with suitable method validation and/ or verification control processes in place. The IAS accreditation process includes an onsite assessment of the laboratory and periodic assessment to ensure continued compliance to international standards, regional or local regulations. Each medical testing laboratory is assessed by technical experts specifically selected by IAS for their competence in the relevant fields of medical science and technology. Once IAS has verified that the laboratory has met the requirements for accreditation, a certificate of accreditation is issued to the laboratory and placed on the IAS website. This public confirmation is testament that the laboratory is suitable for use by medical establishments, manufacturers, regulators and the consumer, whenever requested. IAS is an accreditation body that operates in accordance with ISO/IEC Standard 17011. Established in 1975, the IAS headquarters is based in Southern California. For more information, visit the IAS Medical Laboratory accreditation webpage, email iasinfo@iasonline.org, or call +1 562-364-8201. |