3: LABORATORY DOCUMENTATION Flashcards
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- A procedure by which an authoritative body gives formal recognition that a body or person is competent to carry out specific tasks.
ACCREDITATION
- PAB
Philippine Accreditation Bureau
National Accreditation Body of the Philippines
- PAB (Philippine Accreditation Bureau)
Accredited for inspection, testing, certifying bodies, and other confirmative assess of laboratories
According to E.O. 802
- PAB (Philippine Accreditation Bureau)
Under PAB
- LAD (Laboratory Accreditation Division)
Determine the conformance to essential elements based on ISO15189
- LAD (Laboratory Accreditation Division)
If a laboratory wants to be accredited under international standards, they need to accredit under ________
PAB-LAB
- HFSRB
Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau
Under DOH
- HFSRB
They monitor health facilities and services to ensure their continuous compliance within the regulatory standards
Annual inspections of labs
Act on complaints
- HFSRB (Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau)
PTC
Permit to construct
LTO
License to Operate
COA
Certificate of Accreditation
- A good way to demonstrate competence of the Laboratory.
- High standard of services for clients - patients, physicians
- Improve quality of patient care services.
IMPORTANCE OF ACCREDITATION
- Improves laboratory medicine and all processes inside the lab
- Reduction of Errors (in pre- analytical, analytical, post- analytical)
- Accurate and Rapid DX (Diagnosis of patients)
- Acceleration and efficient of treatment
- Med Development
- Continuous Improvement
IMPORTANCE OF ACCREDITATION
- plays a crucial role in medical Laboratories, serving as a foundation for quality assurance, traceability, patient safety, and patient care.
- Useful when problem arises (serve as evidence)
- Kept by the lab
- Either paper or electronic
- Should be clear, concise, user-friendly, accurate, up-to-date
- Essential part of daily operations
DOCUMENTATION
GOAL 1
Allows you to easily review and track your Laboratory activities
GOAL 2
Provide an audit trail for federal and state Laboratory inspectors and surveyors to see that requirements have been met
DOCUMENTATION
To follow quality system
Answers “What to do?”
- Follow (Policies: General Direction)
Answers “How it happens?”
Flowcharts
- Processes (Events)
Answers “How to do it?”
- and Procedures (Step-By-Step instructions)
- is a document that was first required by the ISO 9001:2015 standard for Quality Management Systems (QMS).
- A top-level document that states the company’s intentions for operating and executing the processes within its quality management system.
- Gives guidance and direction to an organization’s own personnel.
- Must be written, prepared, and approved by the head of the lab: Pathologist
- Must have official signature, date of signing, recorded in the manual
- Should contain:
Quality Policy (Direction and Vision of Organization)
Scope of QMS
QUALITY MANUAL
- A written document detailing how to safely work with hazardous materials.
- Helps to ensure a safe work environment by documenting the key risks associated with an activity and how the risks can be controlled.
- A set of written instructions that describes in detail how to perform a laboratory process or procedure safely and efficiently.
- Consistently by RMTs
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOP)
- is a collection of documents associated with each staff member’s employment with the company.
- Included:
Resume and job application
Employment contract (notarized)
Diploma
Performance review
Disciplinary records
Training and seminars
PRC license
Insurance
Medical files: vaccinations, records of exposure
Payroll status - Separate folder/clearbook containing 201 files
Confidential
Handled by HR, Manager
EMPLOYEE PERSONNEL FILE
- Compiled list of instruments/ types of equipment used in the Laboratory.
- Included:
instrument name
model number and serial number
purchase date
manufacturer and/or supplier contact information
technical service
contact information
repair service contact information
warranty information
user guides
INSTRUMENT FILES