Quality assurance in morphological diagnosis. Making sense of evaluation and comparison of results in clinical and forensic pathology

Authors
Ferlan-Marolt, V Balazic, J
Citation
V. Ferlan-marolt et J. Balazic, Quality assurance in morphological diagnosis. Making sense of evaluation and comparison of results in clinical and forensic pathology, FOREN SCI I, 103, 1999, pp. S13-S20
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Research/Laboratory Medicine & Medical Tecnology
Journal title
FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL
ISSN journal
03790738 → ACNP
Volume
103
Year of publication
1999
Supplement
1
Pages
S13 - S20
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-0738(19990816)103:<S13:QAIMDM>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Quality assurance is a management system designed to achieve an approved le vel of quality for a service as well as to evaluate and compare the results of a process or work. This article deals with quality assurance and contro l schemes in the field of clinical and forensic pathology, which are intend ed to provide high-quality results. An overview of such a complex system of standardisation is presented. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All r ights reserved.