[Approach for prevention of medical test malpractice using ISO 15189].

With the increasing need for medical laboratory data, the importance of the medical laboratory in medical care has grown exponentially. Therefore, it is necessary that the medical laboratory provide the doctor and the patient receiving medical care with accurate, precise, and reliable medical laboratory data. Quality assurance and safety management in the medical laboratory are necessary to prevent medical test malpractice, which would lead to a medical accident, and to manage the overall processes required to provide high quality medical laboratory data.

[ISO 15189 accreditation acquisition and the procedure].

Recently, the transparency of customer service and organization administration has been required in many fields. Objective evaluation by a third person is necessary. This also applies to medical institutions; whether the responsibility for explanation to patients and the transparency of medical activities are open is currently emphasized.