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Accreditation of analytical, microbiological and medical laboratories - ISO/IEC 17025:2017 & ISO 15189:2012
| A two-day training workshop by the Pancyprian Union of Chemists and the Eurachem Education & Training Working Group |
Overview
The Division of Quality Assurance of the Pancyprian Union of Chemists (PUC) and Eurachem organised a sucessful two-day training course on the accreditation of laboratories. Approximately 45 delegates attended. The event followed a series of training activities on ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and ISO 15189:2012. The workshop considered critical issues in ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and ISO 15189, and provided the opportunity for interaction between accreditation body staff and with laboratory personnel. Other standards and guides (including Eurachem guides) were also discussed.
Dedication
This event was dedicated to the memory of Mary Eleftheriadou, a life-long contributor to PUC.
Workshop summary
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Summary
Following the successful events of the last years, the Division of Quality Assurance of the Pancyprian Union of Chemists (PUC) and the Eurachem Education & Training Working Group organised a two-day training programme on "Accreditation of Analytical, Microbiological and Medical Laboratories - ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and ISO 15189:2012". The programme was hosted in Nicosia on 20 -21 February 2020. This was the second time that such a training programme was co-organised by PUC and Eurachem. The previous training was organised in February 2019.
The 45 participants came from eleven countries (Armenia, Belarus, Germany, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Lithuania, Palestine, Singapore and Cyprus). The speakers (Vicki Barwick, Stephen Ellison, Lorens Sibbesen, Irini Leimoni, George Papageorgiou, Rodothea Koniotou and Kyriacos Tsimillis) presented most of the issues of interest for laboratories in the light of the implementation of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and the expected revision of ISO 15189.
The participants were encouraged to present their experience, problems and solutions regarding measurement uncertainty, method validation and the transition to the revised ISO/IEC 17025. This gave an additional opportunity for the active involvement in discussions.
Scope and Information
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Scope
The scope of the training was to:
- present and discuss critical issues of interest to analytical, microbiological and medical laboratories addressed in the relevant accreditation standards
- discuss the experience of laboratories in various sectors, problems and solutions
- present recent publications (Eurachem guides and others).
Workshop information
Date: 20-21 February 2020 Venue: Cleopatra Hotel, Nicosia, Cyprus Programme Programme (PDF, 170 kB) Details and invitation Course details, speaker information and invitation (PDF, 210 kB)
Programme and Presentations
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Programme
The complete event programme can be viewed in PDF format here. Brief information about scheduled speakers can be found in the workshop invitation information.
Available presentations are listed below in programme order.
Day 1 - Thursday 20 February 2020
Welcome addresses:
- Kyriacos Tsimillis, Division of Quality Assurance, PUC on behalf of Leontios Philotheou (Chair, PUC)
- Vicki Barwick Vice-Chair Eurachem, Chair Education and Training Working Group
- Stelios Yiannopoulos, Director, State General Laboratory
- Panos Papageorgis Dean, European University
Technical programme
- Introduction – Scope and expectations of the training
Kyriacos Tsimillis, Division of Quality Assurance, PUC and
Despina Charalambous, Frederick University, CYS-CYSAB external Lead Assessor for Medical Laboratories - Essential statistics for quality assurance - Part I
Vicki Barwick, Head of Commercial Training, LGC – Eurachem Vice-Chair, Chair of the Eurachem Education and Training Working Group - Measurement uncertainty: 'Bottom-up' vs 'top-down' evaluation
Stephen Ellison, Chair of the Eurachem Measurement Uncertainty and Traceability Working Group - Measurement uncertainty - Laboratory experiences
- Uncertainty in Proficiency Testing Schemes: Center for Quality in Medical Laboratories (CQML) Study
Ziyad Khdour, Al-Quds University - Discussion
- Uncertainty in Proficiency Testing Schemes: Center for Quality in Medical Laboratories (CQML) Study
- What we might expect in uncertainty treatment for qualitative results
Stephen Ellison, Chair of the Eurachem Measurement Uncertainty and Traceability Working Group - Method validation in medical laboratories
Irini Leimoni, Quality Assurance Officer & Data Protection in AFFIDEA, ESYD Lead Assessor for Clinical and Testing Laboratories and PT Providers - Method validation in analytical laboratories
Lorens Sibbesen, Chair of the Eurachem Method Validation Working Group - Implementation of ISO 13843:2017 Water quality – Requirements for the establishing performance characteristics of quantitative microbiological methods
George Papageorgiou, General State Laboratory, CYS-CYSAB Technical Expert for Microbiological Laboratories - Method Validation - Laboratory experiences
- Validation of wide scope method with mass spectrometry - Problems and perspectives
Marios Kostakis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - Validation steps according to ISO 15189 - Architect i 2000 Serological markers for infectious diseases
Marilena Trimithioti, Serology Department, Nicosia General Hospital - Use of EQAS data for Validation of Urine Dipstick Commercial Brands
Yumna Shehadah, Director, Center for Quality in Medical Laboratories, Al Quds University - Discussion
- Validation of wide scope method with mass spectrometry - Problems and perspectives
Day 2 – Friday 21 February 2020
- Essential statistics for quality assurance – Part II
Vicki Barwick, Head of Commercial Training, LGC – Eurachem Vice-Chair, Chair of the Eurachem Education and Training Working Group - Perceptions of traceability; a challenging survey
Stephen Ellison, Chair of the Eurachem Measurement Uncertainty and Traceability Working Group - Risk assessment in analytical laboratories
Lorens Sibbesen, Chair of the Eurachem Method Validation Working Group - Risk assessment in medical laboratories
Irini Leimoni, Quality Assurance Officer & Data Protection Officer in AFFIDEA, ESYD Lead Assessor for Clinical and Testing Laboratories and PT Providers - Difficulties faced in the accreditation of laboratories against ISO/IEC 17025:2017
Rodothea Koniotou, CYS-CYSAB Lead Assessor for Testing and Medical Laboratories - Transition to the new standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - Laboratory experiences
Discussion - Terminology in analytical measurement
Vicki Barwick, Head of Commercial Training, LGC – Eurachem Vice-Chair, Chair of the Eurachem Education and Training Working Group - Evaluating measurement uncertainty in software: Using Excel and R for measurement uncertainty
Stephen Ellison, Chair of the Eurachem Measurement Uncertainty and Traceability Working Group - The use of Decision Rules
Lorens Sibbesen, Chair of the Eurachem Method Validation Working Group - What do laboratories need to know about ISO/IEC 17011:2017? - Eurachem Guides for analytical and microbiological laboratories under revision
Kyriacos Tsimillis, Division of Quality Assurance, PUC
- Concluding remarks and close
Kyriacos Tsimillis, Division of Quality Assurance, PUC
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