GLOSSARY
Laboratory quality glossary
Plain-language definitions of 40 terms you meet when preparing for ISO 15189, SLIPTA or ISO/IEC 17025 assessment, with why each matters for accreditation.
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- accreditationaccreditation: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- biasbias: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- biological reference intervalbiological reference interval: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- calibrationcalibration: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- CAPA (corrective and preventive action)CAPA (corrective and preventive action): a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- coefficient of variation (CV)coefficient of variation (CV): a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- competence assessmentcompetence assessment: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- control limitscontrol limits: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- controlled documentcontrolled document: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- critical resultcritical result: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- document master listdocument master list: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- EQA / proficiency testingEQA / proficiency testing: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- impartialityimpartiality: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- internal auditinternal audit: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- internal quality control (IQC)internal quality control (IQC): a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- Levey-Jennings chartLevey-Jennings chart: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- management reviewmanagement review: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- measurement uncertaintymeasurement uncertainty: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- method validationmethod validation: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- method verificationmethod verification: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- metrological traceabilitymetrological traceability: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- nonconforming worknonconforming work: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- nonconformitynonconformity: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- post-examination processpost-examination process: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- pre-examination processpre-examination process: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- quality indicatorquality indicator: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- read-and-acknowledgeread-and-acknowledge: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- recordrecord: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- risk registerrisk register: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- root cause analysisroot cause analysis: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- scope of accreditationscope of accreditation: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- sigma metricsigma metric: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- SLIPTASLIPTA: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- SLMTASLMTA: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- standard operating procedure (SOP)standard operating procedure (SOP): a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- total allowable error (TEa)total allowable error (TEa): a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- turnaround time (TAT)turnaround time (TAT): a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- verification vs validationverification vs validation: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- Westgard rulesWestgard rules: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.
- work instructionwork instruction: a practical explanation for medical laboratory staff, with accreditation context and related quality concepts.