CLSI Develops Standards Through a Unique Consensus Process

The strength of CLSI’s consensus process for standards development begins with our volunteers, who bring a diversity of skill sets, depth of expertise, and vast knowledge of regulatory requirements to lead the development of globally applicable clinical laboratory standards.

CLSI’s collaborative approach ensures balanced representation from the global laboratory community to yield unbiased consensus standards that can be confidently adopted by laboratories, clinicians, regulatory agencies, and industry throughout the world.

About the CLSI Standards Development Process

CLSI’s unique consensus process brings together experts from industry, government, and health care professions to develop timely standards recognized by laboratories, industry, accreditors, and regulators as the way to improve testing.

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About Our Standards & Guidelines

CLSI documents focus on a variety of specialty areas, from laboratory basics to quality management systems, verification and validation, and information management. We also develop interactive tools, companion products, and bench aids based on these documents. Maximize your voice in the global laboratory community as you work alongside colleagues from diverse sectors to develop CLSI’s consensus-based standards and guidelines.

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