Lab Quality Management

The rationale for implementing an overall quality management system in the laboratory is to

• prevent any possibility of testing error

• differentiate between qualitative and quantitative methods

• prevent potential errors in the laboratory’s path of workflow

• help to ensure that testing performed by the laboratory is accurate and reliable

Which of the following best describes the W. Edwards Deming cycle of activities associated with Quality and continuous improvement?

• Do-Check-Act-Plan

• Plan-Do-Check-Act

• Check-Act-Do-Plan

• Plan-Act-Check-Do

All of the following are essential elements of the quality management system EXCEPT

• equipment management

• personnel management

• selection of customers

• process control

ISO 15189 refers to

• Testing and Calibration Laboratories

• Medical Laboratories - Requirements for Quality and Competence

• Medical Laboratories - Requirements for Safety

• Medical Laboratories - Application of Risk Management to Medical Laboratories

ISO/IEC 17025 refers to

• Testing and Calibration Laboratories

• Medical Laboratories - Requirements for Quality and Competence

• Medical Laboratories - Requirements for Safety

• Medical Laboratories - Application of Risk Management to Medical Laboratories

Ensuring that a product or service meets minimum standards often through testing a sample of products once they have been made.

• Quality Management

• Quality Assurance

• Quality Control

• Quality Committee

An accredited medical laboratory is expected to have

• qualified staff

• standard operating procedures

• qualified testing equipment

• cramped working area

What does ISO stand for?

• In Search Of

• International Standardization Organization

• International Organization for Standardization

• International Standardization and Organization

"A procedure by which a third party gives a written assurance that a product, process or service conforms to specific requirements."

This statement refers to

• Certification

• Accreditation

• Standardization

• Management

"A procedure by which an authoritative body gives formal recognition that a body or a person is competent to carry out specific tasks."

This statement refers to

• Certification

• Accreditation

• Standardization

• Management