SZNS ISO/TS 22367:2008 Medical laboratories — Reduction of error through risk management and continual improvement

E619.09

Scope

This Technical Specification gives guidance on the application of SZNS ISO 15189 as a system for reducing laboratory error and improving patient safety by applying the principles of risk management, with reference to examination aspects, especially to pre- and post-examination aspects, of the cycle of laboratory medical care.

This Technical Specification proposes a methodology for finding and characterizing medical laboratory error that would be avoided with the application of SZNS ISO 15189

Description

Table of contents                                                                                                                                                      Page

Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………….v

1 Scope. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..1

2 Normative references. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….1

3 Terms and definitions. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1

4 Management responsibility in preventive and corrective actions, and continual improvement ……………..2

4.1 General ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….2

4.2 Management responsibility in preventive actions…………………………………………………………………………….. 2

4.3 Management responsibility in corrective actions. ……………………………………………………………………………..3

4.4 Management responsibility in continuous improvement …………………………………………………………………..3

5 Identification of potential and actual laboratory non-conformities, errors and incidents. ……………………..3

6 Classification of laboratory non-conformities, errors and incidents. ……………………………………………………3

7 Preventive action and corrective actions. ………………………………………………………………………………………….4

8 Assessment of risk arising from actual and potential laboratory non-conformities. ………………………………5

9 Review of collected laboratory non-conformities, errors and incidents. ………………………………………………6

10 Preventive action and corrective action plans. ………………………………………………………………………………..6

11 Preventive action and corrective action plan files. …………………………………………………………………………..6

12 Continual improvement plan. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….6

Annex A (informative) Failure modes and effects analysis. ……………………………………………………………………7

Annex B (informative) Model for assessing risk of harm.. ……………………………………………………………………..8

Annex C (informative) Ranking of severity levels. …………………………………………………………………………………9

Bibliography. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….10

 

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