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- Title
EFLM Working Group Accreditation and ISO/CEN standards on dealing with ISO 15189 demands for retention of documents and examination objects.
- Authors
Meško Brguljan, Pika; Thelen, Marc H.M.; Bernabeu-Andreu, Francisco A.; Kroupis, Christos; Boursier, Guilaine; Vukasović, Ines; Barrett, Edward; Brugnoni, Duilio; Lohmander, Maria; Šprongl, Luděk; Vodnik, Tatjana; Ghiţă, Irina; Vanstapel, Florent; Vaubourdolle, Michel; Huisman, Willem
- Abstract
Many aspects of the activity of a medical laboratory have to be documented so as to facilitate the maintenance of the ongoing quality of service. As a consequence, many documents, forms and reports are generated. The retention time for each of these has to be specified. In addition to medical laboratory reports as part of the patient's medical record, the medical laboratory has to retain many documents and specimens according to national legislation or guidance from professional organizations, if these exist. If not, the laboratory management needs to define a retention schedule, which shall define the storage conditions and period of storage, according to ISO 15189:2022 requirements for retention of general quality management documents and records. The EFLM Working Group on Accreditation and ISO/CEN standards provides here a proposal on retention periods of documentation and specimens based on a failure-mode-effects-analysis (FMEA) risk-based approach, a concept of risk reduction that has become an integral part of modern standards.
- Subjects
ACCREDITATION; RISK assessment; QUESTIONNAIRES; DECISION making in clinical medicine; DIAGNOSTIC errors; INTERNATIONAL Organization for Standardization; CLINICAL chemistry; PATHOLOGICAL laboratories; MEDICAL records; HOSPITAL laboratories; QUALITY assurance; MANAGEMENT
- Publication
Advances in Laboratory Medicine / Avances en Medicina de Laboratorio, 2024, Vol 5, Issue 2, p103
- ISSN
2628-491X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/almed-2023-0053