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UKAS – who we are CPA is a UKAS
company
• BS EN ISO 15189:2012
Medical laboratories – Requirements for quality and
competence
• BS EN ISO/IEC17025:2005
General requirements for the competence of testing and
calibration laboratories
• BS EN ISO 22870:2006
Point of Care Testing (POCT) - Requirements for quality
and competence
The Transition Project CPA is a UKAS
company
• Unchanged
• Multiple ways of meeting requirements
• As before, not an audit, but an assessment
• Holistic approach to add value
• Assessment Team looking for conformity
Identifying the differences CPA is a UKAS
company
management records
Staff Service
suggestions New agreements
Staff Modified
EQA/IQC
competence
Validation/
Uncertainty Traceability
Verification
TYPES OF *LOCATION
EXAMINATION/TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF EQUIPMENT
MEDICAL MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS
FIELDS/ACTIVITIES (PLEASE GIVE USED AND MEASUREMENT
LABORATORY FIELDS TESTED
GENERAL HEADER FOLLOWED BY LISTING PRINCIPLE
OF ALL ANALYTES ETC)
o Haematocrit
o Differential white
cell count and
reticulocytes
management records
Staff Service
suggestions New agreements
Staff Modified
EQA/IQC
competence
Validation/
Uncertainty Traceability
Verification
• Clause: 5.1
• On-going competency assessment programme
• Acceptance criteria for performance
• Records of qualifications, experience and training
• Evidence of incorporation into management system
• Coverage by internal audit
• Links to: 4.7; 4.12; 4.14; 5.6
Clinical staff competence CPA is a UKAS
company
• Clause: 5.5.1.3
• Defined acceptance criteria
• Documented procedure – as detailed as required?
• Critical evaluation of manufacturer’s validation, including
traceability
• Suitable for use within the lab for user demographic
• Validation supplemented where necessary?
• Changes to methods captured for impact on validation
• Suitable authorisation
• Links to: 4.12; 4.14; 5.6
Traceability CPA is a UKAS
company
• Clause: 5.3.1.4
• When equipment directly or indirectly affects results
• Verification at defined intervals
• Records of metrological traceability of calibration
standards
• Manufacturer data may or may not be sufficient
• Provenance of reference materials
• Where traceability not possible/relevant, other means of
providing confidence in the results required
• Links to: 4.14; 5.5; 5.6
Measurement Uncertainty CPA is a UKAS
company
• Clause: 5.5.1.4
• Performance requirements for each measurement
procedure to be defined
• Regularly reviewed
• Uncertainty estimates to be readily available
• Requirements cover examinations reporting measured
quantity values and those that include a measurement
step
• Links to: 4.14; 5.1; 5.6
Evidence requirements CPA is a UKAS
company
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