Diagnostic quality for the benefit of the patient
Standard of reference
Accreditation under the UNE-EN ISO 15189 standard is the internationally established tool providing the healthcare sector with the necessary confidence about the technical competence of medical laboratories, essential to ensure the reliability of the results conditioning clinical decisions. Thus, patient safety risks are minimised and diagnostic quality is increased.
Accreditation, confidence in diagnostic services
Document including information regarding accredited diagnostic services and their benefits for laboratories, medical professionals and patients
Check the document (in Spanish)
Ongoing collaboration with scientific-medical societies
- Federación de Asociaciones Científico Médicas (FACME)
- Asociación Española de Biopatología Médica (AEBM-ML)
- Sociedad Española de Hematología y Hemoterapia (SEHH)
- Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica (SEIMC)
- Sociedad Española de Medicina de Laboratorio (SEQC-ML)
- Sociedad Española de Inmunología (SEI)
- Sociedad Española de Anatomía Patológica (SEAP)
- Sociedad Ibérica de Citometría (SIC)
- Asociación Española de Diagnóstico Prenatal (AEDP)
- Asociación Española de Genética Humana (AEGH)
- Asociación Española de Laboratorio Clínico (AEFA)
- Asociación Española de Técnicos de Laboratorio (AETEL)
- Sociedad Española de Técnicos Superiores Sanitarios (SETSS)
Among the main objectives of the scientific-medical societies in general and their federation (FACME) in particular are the care quality improvement and the drive towards the evaluation of health outcomes. Thus, we need tools guaranteeing the quality of processes and procedures, crucial to have reliable and rigorous accreditation systems aligned with European standards”.
Dra. Pilar Garrido López
FACME President (Federation of Spanish Medical-Scientific Associations)