title: [Laboratory accreditation: a long and useful process].
abstract: The publication of the 13 th January 2010 order makes the official accreditation necessary for all the laboratories of medical biology in France. This accreditation is delivered by a single official authority: the Cofrac. This accreditation is the acknowledgement of the ability of the laboratory to perform medico-technical acts corresponding to the scope of the accreditation. It must satisfy normative standards (Standard 15189), specific application documents of the Cofrac (SH REF 02), and legislative and regulatory rules in order to guarantee the reliability of the medical biology tests performed and the quality of the offered services in the sole interest of the patients. The accreditation is a long lasting process, which appears in a first step as very constraining. In the long term, it is experienced by the personnel as an acknowledgement of their quality and efficiency.
authors.affiliation: EFS Île-de-France, site transfusionnel Pitié-Salpêtrière, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France. anne.mercadier@efs.sante.fr
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authors.lastname: Mercadier
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D064790:Clinical Laboratory Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards; D005602:France; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence