Medical laboratories in Singapore subscribe to External Quality Assurance
Schemes run by the Licensing and Accreditation Unit of the Ministry of
Health, Singapore, as well as a number of foreign medical laboratory quality
assurance institutions. Through these organisations, a comprehensive range
of labora-tory tests are externally monitored for quality assurance at
regular intervals in all medical laboratories. In recent years, an increasing
number of local quality assurance schemes have been implemented, and an
increasing number of laboratories have gained accreditation by foreign
quality assurance institutions. The respective roles of these quality assurance
activities are discussed.
[Rinsho Byori 50 : 131`132, 2002]
yKey Wordszquality assurance, medical laboratory, accreditation
*1Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore
*2Licensing & Accreditation Branch, Health Regulation, Ministry of
Health, Singapore