Standards
Accreditation status
ISO 15189:2022 “Medical laboratories- requirements for quality and competence” and ISO/IEC 17025:2017 “General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories” are the standards implemented at the Laboratoire national de santé.
For more information on ISO 15189 and ISO/IEC 17025 accreditations see below (other than relevant departments` pages):
| Departments | Services | Certificate | Repository |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical biology |
Pharmacology and Endocrinology Newborn Screening and Inborn Errors of Metabolism Centralized Reception Service |
1/040 | ISO 15189:2022 |
| National Center of Pathology |
Gynecological Cytology |
1/024 | ISO 15189:2022 |
| Legal Medicine |
Forensic Genetics |
1/027 | ISO/IEC 17025:2017 |
|
Analytical Chemistry |
1/052 | ISO/IEC 17025:2017 | |
|
Forensic Toxicology |
1/061 | ISO/IEC 17025:2017 | |
| Microbiology |
Bacteriology, mycology and antimicrobial resistance |
1/020 | ISO/IEC17025 2017 |
|
Virology and serology Pathogen sequencing |
1/057 | ISO/IEC 17025:2017 | |
|
Bacteriology, mycology and antimicrobial resistance |
1/034 | ISO 15189:2022 | |
|
Virology and serology Pathogen sequencing |
1/047 | ISO 15189:2022 | |
| Health Protection |
Environmental Hygiene and Human Biological Monitoring Medical Expertise and Data Intelligence |
1/053 | ISO/IEC 17025:2017 |
|
Environmental Hygiene and Human Biological Monitoring Medical Expertise and Data Intelligence |
1/058 | ISO 15189:2022 |
The use of the OLAS accreditation symbol and/or a reference text for accreditation by users of services covered by an accreditation (e.g. customers of laboratories or inspection bodies, certified companies, manufacturers of certified products) is not allowed (ref. to OLAS A003, V19).