Cost effectiveness of adopted quality requirements in hospital laboratories.

Background: The present study was designed in quasi-experiment to assess adoption of the essential clauses of particular clinical laboratory quality management requirements based on international organization for standardization (ISO 15189) in hospital laboratories and to evaluate the cost effectiveness of compliance to ISO 15189.

Methods: The quality management intervention based on ISO 15189 was conceded through three phases; pre - intervention phase, Intervention phase and Post-intervention phase.

Results: In pre-intervention phase the compliance to ISO 15189 was 49% for study group vs.