The document outlines the key components and importance of implementing a Laboratory Quality Management System (LQMS), focusing on achieving accurate, reliable, and timely laboratory results. It discusses the essential elements of the quality system, including organization, personnel, equipment, process control, and continual improvement, as well as their relationship to ISO and CLSI standards. The text emphasizes that while quality management does not guarantee an error-free laboratory, it helps detect and prevent errors from recurring.

1. Introduction-
Laboratory Quality
Management System

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At the end of this activity, participants will be
able to:
 Explain the importance of a quality
management system
 List the quality system essential elements
 Describe the history of development of
quality principles
 Discuss relationship of this quality model to
ISO and CLSI standards
Learning Objectives

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Organization Personnel Equipment
Purchasing
&
Inventory
Process
Control
Information
Management
Documents
&
Records
Occurrence
Management Assessment
Process
Improvement
Customer
Service
Facilities
&
Safety
The Quality Management System

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What is Quality?

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Achieving a 99% level of quality
means
accepting a 1% error rate
1%

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In France a 1% error rate
would mean everyday
 14 minutes without water or electricity
 50,000 parcels lost by postal services
 22 newborns falling from
midwives’ hands
 600,000 lunches contaminated
by bacteria
 3 bad landings at Orly Paris airport

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Result: 1% failure

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Essential to all aspects of
health care are laboratory
results that are
 accurate,
 reliable, and
 timely

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Laboratory errors cost in
time
personnel
effort
patient
outcomes

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How do we
achieve
excellent
performance
in the
laboratory?
Organization Personnel Equipment
Purchasing
&
Inventory
Process
Control
Information
Management
Documents
&
Records
Occurrence
Management
Assessment
Process
Improvement
Customer
Service
Facilities
&
Safety

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Quality Management System Definition
Coordinated activities to direct and
control an organization with regard
to quality (ISO,CLSI).
All aspects of the laboratory operation
need to be addressed to assure
quality; this constitutes
a quality management system.

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Complexity of a Laboratory System
•Data & Laboratory
Management
•Safety
•Customer Service
Patient/Client Prep
Sample Collection
Sample Receipt and
Accessioning
Sample Transport
Quality Control
Testing
Record Keeping
Reporting
Personnel Competency
Test Evaluations

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Path of Workflow
THE PATIENT Test selection Sample Collection
Sample Transport
Laboratory Analysis
Examination Phase
Report Creation
Report Transport
Preexamination Phase
Result Interpretation Postexamination Phase

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WHY is the Path of Workflow essential
to consider in health laboratories?
The entire process of managing a
sample must be considered:
 the beginning: sample collection
 the end: reporting and saving of results
 all processes in between.

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Laboratory tests are influenced by
 laboratory environment
 knowledgeable staff
 competent staff
 reagents and equipment
 quality control
 communications
 process management
 occurrence management
 record keeping

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Twelve Quality System Essentials
set of
coordinated
activities that
function as
building blocks
for
quality
management
Organization Personnel Equipment
Purchasing
&
Inventory
Process
Control
Information
Management
Documents
&
Records
Occurrence
Management
Assessment
Process
Improvement
Customer
Service
Facilities
&
Safety

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Organization Personnel Equipment
Purchasing
&
Inventory
Process
Control
Information
Management
Documents
&
Records
Occurrence
Management
Assessment
Process
Improvement
Customer
Service
Facilities
&
Safety
Path of Workflow

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Organization
Responsibilities, Authorities
Communication
Provision
of
resources
Quality
Policy

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Personnel
human resources
job qualifications
job descriptions
orientation
training
competency assessment
professional development
continuing education

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Equipment
acquisition
installation
validation
maintenance
calibration
troubleshooting
service and repair
records

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Purchasing and Inventory
vendor qualifications
supplies and reagents
critical services
contract review
inventory management

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Process Control
quality control
sample management
method validation
method verification

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Information Management
 confidentiality
 requisitions
 logs and records
 reports
 computerized laboratory
information systems (LIS)

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Documents Records
creation collection
revisions and review review
control and distribution storage
retention

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Occurrence Management
complaints
mistakes and problems
documentation
root cause analysis
immediate actions
corrective actions
preventive actions

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Laboratory Assessment
External
Proficiency
testing (EQA)
Inspections
Accreditations
Internal
Internal

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Process Improvement
opportunities for improvement (OFIs)
stakeholder feedback
problem resolution
risk assessment
preventive actions
corrective actions

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Customer Service
customer group identification
customer needs
customer feedback

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Facilities and Safety
safe working environment
transport management
security
containment
waste management
laboratory safety
ergonomics

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Implementing
Quality Management
does not
guarantee
an
ERROR-FREE
Laboratory
But it detects
errors that may
occur and
prevents them
from recurring

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Organizatio
n
Personnel Equipment
Purchasing
&
Inventory
Process
Control
Information
Management
Documents
&
Records
Occurrence
Manageme
nt
Assessmen
t
Process
Improvement
Customer
Service
Facilities
&
Safety
Laboratories not
implementing a
quality management
system guarantees
UNDETECTED
ERRORS

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Laboratory
Quality Management System
Coordinated activities to direct and
control an organization with regard to
quality.
ISO 9000:2000

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Innovators of Quality
Walter
Shewhart
1891-1967
W. Edwards
Deming
1900-1993
Joseph Juran
1904-2008 (103 years)
Philip Crosby
1926-2001
Robert Galvin
b. 1922

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A Brief History of Quality Management
Innovator Date Cycle
Walter A.Shewhart 1920s Statistical Process
Control
W. Edwards Deming 1940s Continual
Improvement
Joseph M. Juran 1950s Quality Toolbox
Philip B. Crosby 1970s Quality by
Requirement
Robert W. Galvin 1980s Micro Scale Error
Reduction
Quality Management is not new.

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Standards Organizations
ISO
International Organization
for Standardization
CLSI
Clinical and Laboratory
Standards Institute
(formerly known as NCCLS)
Guidance for quality in
manufacturing and service
industries
Standards, guidelines, and
best practices for quality in
medical laboratory testing
Broad applicability; used
by many kinds of
organizations
Detailed; applies
specifically to medical
laboratories
Uses consensus process in
developing standards
Uses consensus process in
developing standards

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ISO Documents - Laboratory
ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management
System Requirements
Model for QA in design, development
production, installation, and servicing
ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General
requirements for the competence of
testing and calibration laboratories
ISO 15189:2007 Quality management
in the clinical laboratory

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ISO 15189:2022
 The foundation of international
medical laboratory quality
management
 Medical laboratories–Particular
requirements for quality
and competence

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CLSI Quality Documents
HS1-A2 A Quality Management System Model
for Health Care
describes quality system model, 12 essentials
aligns to ISO 15189 and parallels ISO 9000
applies to all health care systems
GP26-A3 Application of Quality Management
System Model for Laboratory Services
describes laboratory application of quality system model
relates the path of workflow to the quality system essentials
assists laboratory in improving processes
relates to HS1-A2 and ISO 15189

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In summary
 Quality management is not new.
 Quality management grew from the good works of
innovators who defined quality over a span of 80
years.
 Quality management is as applicable for the medical
laboratory as it is for manufacturing and industry.

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 A laboratory is a complex system and all
aspects must function properly to achieve
quality.
 Approaches to implementation will vary with
local situation.
 Start with the easiest, implement in
stepwise process.
 Ultimately, all quality management system
elements must be addressed.
Key Messages

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Questions?
Comments?
Organization Personnel Equipment
Purchasing
&
Inventory
Process
Control
Information
Management
Documents
&
Records
Occurrence
Management
Assessment
Process
Improvement
Customer
Service
Facilities
&
Safety