Flexible scope for ISO15189 accreditation requires harmonization of scope specificity

European technical guidance document for the flexible scope accreditation of laboratories quantifying GMOs

The aim of this guidance document is to facilitate harmonised flexible scope accreditation within Europe, according to ISO/IEC17025:2005 related to quantitative testing of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) by quantitative real-time polymerase chainreaction (qPCR) for GM events authorised in the EU or which are in the authorisation process.This document gives guidance to and is i...

The Scope of Man's Free Will

Flexible scope for ISO 15189 accreditation: a guidance prepared by the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) Working Group Accreditation and ISO/CEN standards (WG-A/ISO).

The recent revision of ISO15189 has further strengthened its position as the standard for accreditation for medical laboratories. Both for laboratories and their customers it is important that the scope of such accreditation is clear. Therefore the European co-operation for accreditation (EA) demands that the national bodies responsible for accreditation describe the scope of every laboratory a...

Scope of Practice of Forensic Midwifery: An Integrative Review

Background & aim: Forensic midwifery is a new major which has been established in response to the need of endangered women for forensic services and also the lack of service provision in this domain. However, there are ambiguities in the definition of this major and its scope of practice. The present study was conducted to investigate the scope of practice in forensic ...

Robotic endolaryngeal flexible (Robo-ELF) scope: a preclinical feasibility study.

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS This article presents a novel robotic endolaryngeal flexible (Robo-ELF) scope driver for minimally invasive laryngeal surgery. The Robo-ELF consists of a simple, robust robotic scope driver with three active and two passive degrees of freedom, allowing it to manipulate any standard flexible endoscope. The system is controlled by a joystick-like three dimensional mouse that...