Document Control Software: Q-Pulse for Laboratory Accreditation

Laboratory Accreditation

Within the healthcare environment, pathology laboratories provide the foundation for evidence-based treatment and care upon which patients depend. It is estimated that up to 70% of patients' diagnoses depend on pathology laboratory tests. With such a vital role within Healthcare, pathology laboratories must ensure that the services they provide are fit for purpose and that opportunities for continuous improvement are readily embraced. Clinical accreditation requirements have been established on a national basis in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, South Africa and other leading democracies to provide a set of minimum quality standards for pathology laboratories.

National standards, Government initiatives and commercial directives demanding and supporting pathology accreditation have ensured quality assurance implementation has become second nature in laboratory practice. However accreditation is often misinterpreted as simply a compulsory and costly activity. This is due to inefficient paper-based systems and misguided allocation of time and resources. As a result, achieving accreditation becomes a costly overhead and consumes all efforts, thereby suppressing opportunities for continuous improvement.

Q-Pulse has been designed to allow organizations to demonstrate compliance, reduce risk, optimize laboratory processes and present opportunities to continually improve the organization. Q-Pulse is the only Quality Management solution to be openly endorsed by leading experts such as Dr. David Burnett, a foremost authority on laboratory accreditation management and author of the best-selling A Practical Guide to Accreditation in Laboratory Medicine. See Clinical Accreditation White Paper