title: [The design and development of a quality system for the diagnosis of exotic animal diseases at the National Centre for Animal and Plant Health in Cuba].
abstract: A quality system for the diagnosis of exotic animal diseases was developed at the national centre for animal and plant health (CENSA), responsible for coordinating the clinical, epizootiological and laboratory diagnosis of causal agents of exotic animal diseases in Cuba. A model was designed on the basis of standard ISO 9001:2000 of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), standard ISO/IEC 17025:1999 of ISO and the International Electrotechnical Commission, recommendations of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and other regulatory documents from international and national organisations that deal specifically with the treatment of emerging diseases. Twenty-nine standardised operating procedures were developed, plus 13 registers and a checklist to facilitate the evaluation of the system. The effectiveness of the quality system was confirmed in the differential diagnosis of classical swine fever at an animal virology laboratory in Cuba.
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria, San José de las Lajas, La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: N Montes
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: de Oca
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villoch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez Ruano
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D000827:Animal Welfare; D000818:Animals; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000592:standards / Q000662:veterinary*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D003462:Cuba / Q000453:epidemiology; D007391:International Cooperation; D011786:Quality Control; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*