NQAS Certification and ISO 15189 Accreditation in Healthcare

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Gain NQAS certification & ISO 15189 accreditation for quality services. Explore national standards for healthcare operations. Understand the importance of ISO 15189 standard in laboratory management. Learn key statistics on ISO 15189 accreditation.


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  1. ACCREDITATION & CERTIFICATION CONFORMANCE TO STANDARDS

  2. NABL Accreditation NQAS Certification Compliance to international standard ISO 15189 National Health Mission: Certifies to compliance to it s standard. (QMS + Services) Quality and Competence A system of audit, certification, reassessment A system of audit, accreditation, reassessment Voluntary Up to secondary care

  3. NATIONAL STANDARDS: CERTIFICATION Certification Body Standard used Areas certified NHM National Quality Assurance Standard NQAS Different operations in healthcare including laboratories Kayakalp Certification Cleanliness, BMW, Infection control in Public Hospital/Healthcare

  4. INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS: ACCREDITATION Name of the Accreditation Bodies in India (International Standards) Standards Accredited for NABL ACCBI ISO15189 ISO 17O43 ISO 9001 ISO 17025

  5. WHY ISO 15189? Deals with the Management and technical part of the laboratory Help in understanding the requirements in laboratory to achieve standardized QMS Equipment Management Continual improvement Assuring the Quality of Inventory Management Non-Conforming Event Documents and Records Personnel Management Management and Facility and Safety Purchasing and Post Analytical Customer Focus Assessments Pre Analysis Examinations Organization Processes Analysis

  6. SOME STATISTICS ON ISO 15189 ACCREDITATION How many labs have achieved ISO 15189 through NABL ?? You can check that on the NABL 600 How many are Govt. laboratories? HIV labs RNTCP Labs Some Medical College Labs

  7. FACTORS THAT CATALYZE ACCREDITATION Management Commitment Technical Commitment Knowledge Planning Resources

  8. OUTCOMES Build confidence Increase competency of staff Increase productivity and profitability Enhancement of Skills

  9. MYTHS OF ACCREDITATION Costly Yes, but will reduce repeat testing cost, reduce downtime Lot of Documentation Yes, but will generate data and evidence for process improvement, take the focus off individuals and put it on systems Quality Control & EQA & Calibration are musts - Yes, but then you have Accurate & Reliable results

  10. SUMMARY Standards provide guidelines that form the basis for quality practices. Accreditation and certification are processes that recognize that a laboratory is meeting the designated standards. Accreditation is an important step in the continual improvement of the quality management system. It is an accomplishment to be accredited; it is an achievement to maintain accreditation. An active quality management program can assure the laboratory is in a constant state of accreditation-readiness .

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