Open AccessAudit of internal quality control practice and processes in the south-east of England and suggested regional standards
Author(s) -
D Housley,
E. Kearney,
Emma English,
Natalie A Smith,
Teresa Teal,
Janina Mazurkiewicz,
Danielle B Freedman
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
annals of clinical biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.6
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1758-1001
pISSN - 0004-5632
DOI - 10.1258/acb.2007.007028
Subject(s) - audit , quality assurance , medicine , quality (philosophy) , quality audit , control (management) , accounting , good laboratory practice , quality management , medical physics , operations management , computer science , external quality assessment , business , engineering , pathology , philosophy , epistemology , artificial intelligence , management system
Internal quality control (IQC) has a long and well-established role in clinical biochemistry laboratories. However, despite the duration of use, and the publication of several articles detailing best practice, the implementation and use of IQC vary significantly between institutions. Consequently, the North Thames Audit and Quality Assurance Group undertook a region-wide audit of current IQC practice in 2006.