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@article{168039,
        author = {Dr Selvakumar Kandaswamy and Dr. Suganthi Muralidharan and Dr. Lavanyaadevi Velayudam and Dr Medhavi Natarajan},
        title = {INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR CLINICAL LABORATORIES: A COMPARISON AND THE RELEVANCE OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2024},
        volume = {11},
        number = {4},
        pages = {1650-1660},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=168039},
        abstract = {A quality management system (QMS), controls, and advances the elements that influence a laboratory's success in achieving the desired results and customer satisfaction. There are various standards that establish requirements for the implementation of a quality management system for laboratories, such as ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 17025, and ISO 15189, and a cross-comparison between them is revealed. Furthermore, proficiency testing (PT) program provide numerous advantages to laboratories, including method verification, inter-laboratory comparison, monitoring Quality Indicators, and integrity testing. These programmes are a tool for keeping the laboratory procedures and every variable involved (man, machine, and method) well controlled in order to control the quality of the procedures. Previous benefits, on the other hand, will be realized only if the reported results for each programme are thoroughly examined. As there are additional benefits to incorporate PT results into the laboratory's quality management system, a procedure is usually proposed. Furthermore, the results of PT programs validate the utility of the laboratory's internal controls, which are part of its quality management system.},
        keywords = {QMS, PT program, internal quality control, laboratories, harmonization, quality indicators, ISO standards},
        month = {November},
        }