Conference 5 - “Patient’s Experience in the Development and Implementation of...
Session 8 david_barton
1. Cross-Border Genetic Testing David Barton National Centre for Medical Genetics, Dublin, Ireland [email_address] 5 th European Conference on Rare Diseases, Krakow, Poland
10. Unit 1: Quality Management and Accreditation To measurably improve the quality of management and provision of genetic testing services for the benefit of the patients. Laboratory accreditation considered to be the norm. WP1.5 Biochemical EQA WP1.4 Cytogenetics EQA WP1.3 Molecular EQA WP1.9 QM of EQA schemes Laboratory Quality Management and Accreditation Quality management Dequeker, Morris EQA Schemes Reference systems & procedures Validation of diagnostic tests WP1.8 Workshops WP1.2 QAu database WP1.6 Reference materials WP1.7 Diagnostic validation
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13. Quality Assurance Survey Results (2004, n=326) MAM Paris 3/2010 Accreditation vs. DNA reports 2004 EQA vs. DNA reports 2004
326 different individuals from 168 institutes in 41 countries worldwide 25% attended more than one workshop Mainly molecular genetic testing laboratories (65%) Mix of accredited (31%) and non-accredited laboratories (59%)