Evaluación del aseguramiento de la calidad de los resultados, como parte de la gestión técnica de los laboratorios clínicos privados del cantón Ambato

Abstract

Private clinical laboratories in Ambato canton fulfill important phases regarding the analysis of samples, both in the area of Clinical Chemistry, Hematology, Parasitology, Uroanalysis, among others, this process covers, the time when the doctor requests the order, in the so-called pre-analytical stage, followed by the classic pre-analytical and postanalytical stages, because the laboratory is involved in 70% of the clinical diagnosis is essential for patient safety, this is achieved through the control and assurance of these phases. Nowadays, analytical quality assurance is an essential part of the administration of private clinical laboratories, the objective of which is to evaluate in a transparent and documented manner the validity of the procedures used in these laboratories, and thus generate reliable results. Nowadays there is a great interest in the determination of quality assurance systems in private clinical laboratories, since the credibility and confidence of the results depends on the identification of such sources of variability, the documentation that demonstrates it and the control. The ISO 17025 standard, published in December 1999, establishes the technical and administrative requirements that a testing laboratory must follow in order to issue a reliable result. The clinical laboratory evolves as it adapts to scientific, technological and management changes, mediated by advances in medicine, new methods and analytical tests, as well as the growing demand and expectation of patients for higher quality services and products; in any perspective, the task before the new challenges to improve quality will depend on the performance of each of the quality management systems, ensuring the possible success for xiv the patient's health and prioritizing the optimal use of available resources to obtain a reliable result.