title: [From the position of a private sector hospital: ISO 15189 acquisition by a clinical laboratory, and quality management system deployment in the whole hospital].
abstract: St. Mary's Hospital Medical Inspecting Center acquired ISO 15189 authorization in December, 2007. In the process of authorization acquisition, measures were taken to improve various quality issues, and a marked effect was seen in patient services and medical safety control. Furthermore, we tried to improve ward nursing management using ISO, drew up standard operating procedures through detailed job analysis, and enabled ward operation standardization. In this paper, while describing the effect of ISO 15189 on clinical examinations, we refer to the significance of improving quality of hospital management which our clinical laboratory lead to.
authors.affiliation: Our Lady of the Snow Social Medical Corporation, St. Mary's Hospital, Information systems force, Kurume 830-8543, Japan. ohta555@st-mary-med.or.jp
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ide
authors.forename: Takahisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsukamoto
authors.forename: Masahisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Higaki
authors.forename: Hisayo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takano
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards*; D016304:Hospitals, Private; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D017149:Private Sector; D011786:Quality Control; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D017749:Total Quality Management