The role and significance of ISO 15189 in incident/accident prevention

†Makoto Osada, PhD*

Editorial
Lab Med Int 2024; 3(1): 1

†Correspondence: Graduate School of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Medical Science and Technology,
Gunma Paz University, Takasaki-shi, Gunma 370-0006, Japan. E-mail: osada”@”paz.ac.jp
*Graduate School of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Medical Science and Technology, Gunma Paz University.

See article volume 3: 8-14

The paper is by Miura et al., entitled: “Analysis of Incident/Accident Reports in the Clinical Laboratory Department at Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital: Effect of ISO 15189 Implementation on Medical Safety”.
Medical safety is a very important issue in medical department of the hospital. ISO 15189 is an international standard that specifies requirements for quality management systems (QMS) specific to clinical laboratories. ISO 15189 accreditation clearly improves the reliability and quality control of inspection results. It also contributes to medical safety by reducing incidents/accidents through repeated review of work.
In this paper, Miura et al. confirmed that the introduction of ISO 15189 is highly effective to reduce the number of recurrent incidents in clinical laboratory, although it will take some time to achieve a full effect.
It is hoped that the introduction of ISO 15189 into clinical laboratories will reduce the number of incidents/accidents and contribute to medical safety.