V. Caporale et al., QUALITY ASSURANCE IN VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORIES, Revue scientifique et technique - Office international des epizooties, 17(2), 1998, pp. 459-468
The authors discuss the responsibility of veterinary diagnostic labora
tories as suppliers of analytical data for tests on animals and animal
products. The guarantee of the quality of analytical data is a basic
quality requirement for veterinary certification. It is therefore impo
rtant for the laboratory to adopt operational quality assurance standa
rds which are recognised internationally. The management and quality a
ssurance criteria contained in the International Standardisation Organ
isation/International Electrotechnical Commission Guide 25, or in dire
ctives or guidelines established by international organisations such a
s the Office International des Epizooties and the Coder Alimentarius o
f the Food and Agriculture Organisation, are reviewed. These documents
provide procedures for adopting the principles of quality assurance i
n order to acquire the recognition of competence to execute the labora
tory tests required for national and international veterinary certific
ation.