Announcements

Publication of the Second Edition of HCAC's Medical Laboratories Accreditation Standards

The Health Care Accreditation Council is very pleased to publish the second edition of the Medical Laboratories Accreditation Standards. This new edition of the standards fulfills, in part, the HCAC mission to foster the continuous improvement of the quality and safety of health care facilities, services, and programs through developing internationally accepted standards, capacity building, and awarding accreditation which meet the requirements of the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) External Evaluation Association (IEEA).

The second edition of the HCAC Medical Laboratories Accreditation Standards has retained the patient centered-focus as in the previous editions, and also kept the WHO quality management essentials for the laboratory with more focus on laboratory workflow system to ensure efficient QC internal and external with highlighting the role of information technology to support the laboratory technical operations in order to ensure the accuracy and reliability of laboratory results.

 

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