title: [Recommendations on the metrology and the control of the quality of the critical equipments].
abstract: Metrology resumes activities which allow the management of results measurement quality. In this paper, we present basic principles of metrology applied to the activities of laboratory medicine. We successively treat general concepts useful for laboratory staff, the interest in the definition of a metrological function and its activities field, the applications in measuring instruments necessary for the exams of medical biology, and the specific documentation control needed.
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authors.lastname: Daunizeau
keywords: ISO 15189; accreditation; calibration; metrological function; metrological traceability; metrology