title: AUDILAB: quality audit simulation to prepare biomedical testing laboratories for accreditation.
abstract: In order to prepare biomedical laboratories for accreditation a quality audit simulator has been developed. By means of a dialogue with the laboratory, AUDILAB simulates the process by which the auditor identifies deviations or assesses conformity to the standard. AUDILAB is based on a knowledge processing system accessible via Minitel (French videotex terminal). With reference to the EN 45001 standard which is the European standard concerning the "General criteria for the operation of testing laboratories", it provides an assessment of the laboratory's degree of conformity and prompts it to take corrective action.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherches Biomathématiques et Biostatistiques--INSERM U263, ISARS, Faculté de Médecine St Antoine, Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garnerin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lelièvre
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tuffery
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005602:France; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care