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Medical laboratory services are essential to patient care and must be able to meet the needs of all patients and the clinical staff responsible for the care of patients. Such care includes: Requests for examinations Patient preparation Patient identification Collection of samples Validation, interpretation and reporting of examination results IANZ Accreditation is applicable to all organisations providing medical examinations, including community laboratories and those in the public hospital system. With accreditation, medical laboratories receive formal recognition of the organisation’s technical competency after assessment of their processes, resources, facilities, staff and other key factors and skills which relate to, and impact on the quality of the service provided.		Contacts Find Accredited Bodies National Screening Unit Audits Professional Advisory Committee Links
Most medical testing laboratories in the private sector and in hospitals atound the country are accredited by IANZ, giving assurance that tests essential for human health are carried out accurately and competently. Accreditation Criteria General IANZ Laboratory Accreditation for Medical Testing is in compliance with NZS ISO 15189 Medical Laboratories – Particular Requirements for Quality and Competence. This standard is based upon ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 9001. Scopes of Accreditation The scopes of accreditation for medical laboratories are, in general, classified according to disciplines of pathology. These general classes include: Biochemistry Microbiology Histocompatibility / Immunogenetics Cytology Fertility Studies Genetics Haematology Histology Immunology / Serology Forensic Pathology/Mortuary Patient Services Transfusion Medicine Virology Point-of-care Testing Molecular Pathology Workplace Drug Testing

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