Introduction for the special issue on the Antwerp Conferences |
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Authors: | J-C Libeer Henk M J Goldschmidt |
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Institution: | (1) Clinical Pathology Department Institute of Public Health Louis Pasteur Brussels, Belgium Tel.: +32-2-642-5527 Fax: +32-2-642-5645, BE;(2) Department of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology Hospitals in Midden Brabant Tilburg, The Netherlands Tel.: +31-13-539-2693 Fax: +31-13-535-2390 e-mail: H.M.J.Goldschmidt@CKCHL-MB.NL, NL |
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Abstract: | Quality management of laboratory medicine has become a hot topic at many conferences. Also, many national and international
organizations have created working groups and committees with the task of working out standards, guidelines or recommendations
for quality management of medical laboratories. We have observed that there is a great deal of interest not only from professional
and scientific organizations directly involved in medical laboratory tests, but also from accreditation and certification
bodies, from test laboratories in general, from in vitro diagnostic devices (IVD) manufacturers and their associations, and
from other medical laboratory suppliers. However, we found that all these parties were discussing from their own point of
view, without taking into account the position of other involved partners and that there was a need for creating a discussion
forum for quality management in clinical laboratories. So in 1995, we started the Antwerp conferences on quality (r)evolution
in clinical laboratories. The aim was to bring together all concerned partners and to establish a forum for brainstorming,
independently of any pressure group. The leitmotif for the Antwerp conferences (Fig. 1) is a chain model showing the interfaces
and relationships between all the partners involved in laboratory tests. During the conferences, this chain model has been
examined from different angles and a summary of the concepts evolving from the discussions can be found in the conference
abstracts and conference review reports in this journal. A Selection of ideas emerging from these conferences are presented
below.
Received: 5 October 1998 · Accepted: 20 October 1998 |
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