CLSI QMS13A
Quality Management System: Equipment
CLSI QMS13A provides expert guidance for creating effective equipment management processes, covering everything from selection to decommissioning, to ensure optimal performace and reliability in laboratory operations.
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This reaffirmed document has been reviewed and confirmed as suitable to remain published without revision to content, as of March 2017.
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{{FormatPrice(nonMemberPrice)}} List PriceClinical and Laboratory Standards Institute document QMS13-A—Quality Management System: Equipment; Approved Guideline provides recommendations for establishing criteria and methods for all aspects of managing laboratory equipment including selection, identification, validation, reverification, use, and decommission of equipment required for the provision of laboratory services. This guideline focuses on general and service-specific equipment, instruments, and analytical systems. This guideline is intended for individuals and laboratories that perform medical testing.
This guideline is intended for individuals and laboratories that perform medical testing and focuses on general and service-specific equipment, instruments, and analytical systems. Recommendations for establishing criteria and methods for all aspects of equipment operation—including selection, identification, validation, reverification, use, and decommission of equipment—are provided.
Although the requirements for the quality system essential (QSE) Equipment include those for computer system hardware, middleware, and software, guidance for meeting those requirements is provided in other documents and CLSI documents AUTO08, AUTO11, and GP19.
A detailed description of acquisition options is beyond the scope of this document.
This document is available in electronic format only.
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute document QMS13-A—Quality Management System: Equipment; Approved Guideline provides recommendations for establishing criteria and methods for all aspects of managing laboratory equipment including selection, identification, validation, reverification, use, and decommission of equipment required for the provision of laboratory services. This guideline focuses on general and service-specific equipment, instruments, and analytical systems. This guideline is intended for individuals and laboratories that perform medical testing.
This guideline is intended for individuals and laboratories that perform medical testing and focuses on general and service-specific equipment, instruments, and analytical systems. Recommendations for establishing criteria and methods for all aspects of equipment operation—including selection, identification, validation, reverification, use, and decommission of equipment—are provided.
Although the requirements for the quality system essential (QSE) Equipment include those for computer system hardware, middleware, and software, guidance for meeting those requirements is provided in other documents and CLSI documents AUTO08, AUTO11, and GP19.
A detailed description of acquisition options is beyond the scope of this document.
This document is available in electronic format only.