This document provides guidance to anatomic pathology (AP) laboratories on implementing a management system to meet requirements for quality and competence of ISO 15189. NOTE International, national, or regional regulations or requirements can also apply to specific topics covered in this document.

  • Technical specification
    31 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off

This document defines the requirements for competence of individuals who provide advice, guidance, and assurance on processes to identify, assess, control, and monitor the risks associated with hazardous biological materials in a laboratory or other related organization that handles, stores, transports, or disposes of biological materials that can be potentially hazardous for people, animals, plants and the environment.

  • Technical specification
    62 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Amendment
    4 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day
  • Amendment
    4 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day
  • Amendment
    4 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day
  • Amendment
    4 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

This document specifies requirements and good practice recommendations for the collection and transport of samples intended for medical laboratory examinations. This document is applicable to medical laboratories and service providers, which can be independent from the medical laboratory, involved in laboratory pre-examination processes that include the examination request, patient preparation and identification, sample collection and transport. It can also be applicable to some biobanks. This document does not apply to blood and blood products intended for transfusion, e.g. red blood cells, platelets, fresh frozen plasma, but can cover the collection and transport of donor samples for testing. NOTE International, national or regional regulations or requirements can also apply to specific topics covered in this document.

  • Standard
    42 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    47 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off

This document specifies requirements and tests for glass Petri dishes intended for general laboratory purposes and microbiological work.

  • Standard
    7 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    7 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off

This document specifies requirements for quality and competence in medical laboratories.
This document is applicable to medical laboratories in developing their management systems and assessing their competence. It is also applicable for confirming or recognizing the competence of medical laboratories by laboratory users, regulatory authorities and accreditation bodies.
This document is also applicable to point-of-care testing (POCT).
NOTE            International, national, or regional regulations or requirements can also apply to specific topics covered in this document.

  • Standard
    72 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

This document provides requirements and recommendations for the design, development, verification, validation and implementation of analytical tests for detecting the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) using nucleic acid amplification. It addresses pre-examination, examination and post-examination process steps for human specimens.
This document is applicable to medical laboratories. It is also intended to be used by in vitro diagnostic developers and manufacturers, as well as by institutions and organizations supporting SARS-CoV-2 research and diagnostics.
This document does not apply to environmental samples.

  • Technical specification
    53 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

This document specifies requirements for quality and competence in medical laboratories.
This document is applicable to medical laboratories in developing their management systems and assessing their competence. It is also applicable for confirming or recognizing the competence of medical laboratories by laboratory users, regulatory authorities and accreditation bodies.
This document is also applicable to point-of-care testing (POCT).
NOTE            International, national, or regional regulations or requirements can also apply to specific topics covered in this document.

  • Standard
    72 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

This document specifies requirements for quality and competence in medical laboratories. This document is applicable to medical laboratories in developing their management systems and assessing their competence. It is also applicable for confirming or recognizing the competence of medical laboratories by laboratory users, regulatory authorities and accreditation bodies. This document is also applicable to point-of-care testing (POCT). NOTE International, national, or regional regulations or requirements can also apply to specific topics covered in this document.

  • Standard
    69 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day
  • Standard
    62 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    66 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    66 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    66 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    64 pages
    English, Spanish and Russian language
    sale 15% off

This document provides requirements and recommendations for the design, development, verification, validation and implementation of analytical tests for detecting the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) using nucleic acid amplification. It addresses pre-examination, examination and post-examination process steps for human specimens.
This document is applicable to medical laboratories. It is also intended to be used by in vitro diagnostic developers and manufacturers, as well as by institutions and organizations supporting SARS-CoV-2 research and diagnostics.
This document does not apply to environmental samples.

  • Technical specification
    53 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

This document provides requirements and recommendations for the design, development, verification, validation and implementation of analytical tests for detecting the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) using nucleic acid amplification. It addresses pre-examination, examination and post-examination process steps for human specimens. This document is applicable to medical laboratories. It is also intended to be used by in vitro diagnostic developers and manufacturers, as well as by institutions and organizations supporting SARS-CoV-2 research and diagnostics. This document does not apply to environmental samples.

  • Technical specification
    44 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Technical specification
    48 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off
  • Technical specification
    48 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off

This document will describe pre-examination, examination and post-examination processes for medical laboratory examination of human semen. It is intended to be used for diagnostics in small and large medical laboratories performing semen analysis. Preparation of semen for therapeutic use is not included.

  • Standard
    41 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

This document specifies the minimum requirements for equipment and critical aspects of the test methods for best practice in laboratories performing basic examination of human semen collected by ejaculation.
This document is applicable to the entire process of basic manual semen examination and also to sample preparation for Computer-Aided Sperm Analysis (CASA).
This document does not apply to the post-vasectomy assessments.
NOTE       Given the medico-legal ramifications surrounding the evaluation of post-vasectomy ejaculates, the methodology in this document is in all likelihood inadequate to establish an ejaculate as being completely “clear” (i.e. no spermatozoa in the ejaculate).

  • Standard
    41 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

This document specifies the minimum requirements for equipment and critical aspects of the test methods for best practice in laboratories performing basic examination of human semen collected by ejaculation. This document is applicable to the entire process of basic manual semen examination and also to sample preparation for Computer-Aided Sperm Analysis (CASA). This document does not apply to the post-vasectomy assessments. NOTE Given the medico-legal ramifications surrounding the evaluation of post-vasectomy ejaculates, the methodology in this document is in all likelihood inadequate to establish an ejaculate as being completely “clear” (i.e. no spermatozoa in the ejaculate).

  • Standard
    32 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    32 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    34 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    34 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    34 pages
    English, Spanish and Russian language
    sale 15% off

This document specifies requirements and recommendations for the pre-examination phase of human specimens, including saliva, skin, urine and stool, intended for microbiome DNA examination. The pre-examination phase includes but is not limited to specimen collection, handling, storage, processing and documentation.
This document is applicable to molecular in vitro diagnostic examinations performed by medical laboratories. It is also intended to be used by laboratory customers, in vitro diagnostics developers and manufacturers, biobanks, institutions and commercial organizations performing biomedical research, and regulatory authorities.
Different dedicated measures are taken for the pre-examination phase for infectious disease examination (eg. targeted pathogen identification). These are not described in this document.
Different dedicated measures are taken for the pre-examination phase of saliva for human genomic DNA examination. These are not described in this document but are covered in CEN WI00140116, Molecular in vitro diagnostic examinations — Specifications for pre-examination processes for saliva — Isolated DNA.
NOTE International, national or regional regulations or requirements can also apply to specific topics covered in this document.

  • Technical specification
    38 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

This document specifies requirements and gives recommendations for the pre-examination phase of human specimens, such as stool, saliva, skin and urogenital specimens, intended for microbiome DNA examination. The pre-examination phase includes but is not limited to specimen collection, handling, transport, storage, processing, isolation of DNA, and documentation.
This document is applicable to molecular in vitro diagnostic examinations performed by medical laboratories. It is also intended to be used by laboratory customers, in vitro diagnostics developers and manufacturers, biobanks, institutions and commercial organizations performing biomedical research, and regulatory authorities.
Different dedicated measures are taken for pre-examination processes for infectious disease examination (e.g. targeted pathogen identification) and for microbiome DNA examination from tissue (e.g. biopsies). These are outside of the scope of this document.
Different dedicated measures are taken for pre-examination processes for saliva for human genomic DNA examination. These are not described in this document but are covered in CEN/TS 17305, Molecular in vitro diagnostic examinations - Specifications for pre-examination processes for saliva - Isolated DNA.
NOTE    International, national or regional regulations or requirements can also apply to specific topics covered in this document.

  • Technical specification
    38 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

This document describes the particular clinical laboratory practice requirements to ensure the quality of detection, identification and quantification of microbial pathogens using nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT). It is intended for use by laboratories that develop, and/or implement and use, or perform NAAT for medical, research or health-related purposes. This document does not apply to the development of in vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical devices by manufacturers. However, it does include verification and validation of such devices and/or the corresponding processes when implemented and used by the laboratories.

  • Standard
    39 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    39 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off

EN-ISO 22367 specifies a process for a medical laboratory to identify and manage the risks to patients, laboratory workers and service providers that are associated with medical laboratory examinations. The process includes identifying, estimating, evaluating, controlling and monitoring the risks.The requirements of this document are applicable to all aspects of the examinations and services of a medical laboratory, including the pre-examination and post-examination aspects, examinations, accurate transmission of test results into the electronic medical record and other technical and management processes described in ISO 15189.This document does not specify acceptable levels of risk.This document does not apply to risks from post-examination clinical decisions made by healthcare providers.This document does not apply to the management of risks affecting medical laboratory enterprises that are addressed by ISO 31000, such as business, economic, legal, and regulatory risks.

  • Standard
    91 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day
  • Standard
    91 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

This document specifies a process for a medical laboratory to identify and manage the risks to patients, laboratory workers and service providers that are associated with medical laboratory examinations. The process includes identifying, estimating, evaluating, controlling and monitoring the risks.
The requirements of this document are applicable to all aspects of the examinations and services of a medical laboratory, including the pre-examination and post-examination aspects, examinations, accurate transmission of test results into the electronic medical record and other technical and management processes described in ISO 15189.
This document does not specify acceptable levels of risk.
This document does not apply to risks from post-examination clinical decisions made by healthcare providers.
This document does not apply to the management of risks affecting medical laboratory enterprises that are addressed by ISO 31000, such as business, economic, legal, and regulatory risks.

  • Standard
    91 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day
  • Standard
    91 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

This document specifies a process for a medical laboratory to identify and manage the risks to patients, laboratory workers and service providers that are associated with medical laboratory examinations. The process includes identifying, estimating, evaluating, controlling and monitoring the risks. The requirements of this document are applicable to all aspects of the examinations and services of a medical laboratory, including the pre-examination and post-examination aspects, examinations, accurate transmission of test results into the electronic medical record and other technical and management processes described in ISO 15189. This document does not specify acceptable levels of risk. This document does not apply to risks from post-examination clinical decisions made by healthcare providers. This document does not apply to the management of risks affecting medical laboratory enterprises that are addressed by ISO 31000, such as business, economic, legal, and regulatory risks.

  • Standard
    82 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    82 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    87 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    87 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    86 pages
    English, Spanish and Russian language
    sale 15% off

This document specifies requirements for safe practices in the medical laboratory (herein after referred to as "the laboratory").

  • Standard
    79 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    79 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    80 pages
    Spanish language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    84 pages
    Spanish language
    sale 15% off

This document gives guidance for supervisors and operators of point-of-care testing (POCT) services where POCT is performed without medical laboratory training, supervision or support. It includes the key components that should be considered to provide safe and reliable POCT results. Self-testing is excluded from this document.

  • Technical specification
    35 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Technical specification
    35 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off

This document defines a process to identify, assess, control, and monitor the risks associated with hazardous biological materials. This document is applicable to any laboratory or other organization that works with, stores, transports, and/or disposes of hazardous biological materials. This document is intended to complement existing International Standards for laboratories. This document is not intended for laboratories that test for the presence of microorganisms and/or toxins in food or feedstuffs. This document is not intended for the management of risks from the use of genetically modified crops in agriculture.

  • Standard
    26 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    26 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    27 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    27 pages
    Spanish language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    26 pages
    Spanish language
    sale 15% off

This document provides practical guidance for the estimation and expression of the measurement uncertainty (MU) of quantitative measurand values produced by medical laboratories. Quantitative measurand values produced near the medical decision threshold by point-of-care testing systems are also included in this scope. This document also applies to the estimation of MU for results produced by qualitative (nominal) methods which include a measurement step. It is not recommended that estimates of MU be routinely reported with patient test results, but should be available on request. NOTE See Annex B for an example of application of the MU.

  • Technical specification
    73 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Technical specification
    73 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Technical specification
    77 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off
  • Technical specification
    77 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off

This document specifies the requirements for competence to carry out reference measurement
procedures in laboratory medicine, using the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 as a normative
reference and listing additional requirements for calibration laboratories to perform their tasks
adequately.
The relationship between clauses in this document and ISO/IEC 17025:2017 are summarized in
Annex A.
Examinations of properties with results reported on a nominal or ordinal scale are not included.
This document is not applicable to medical laboratories.
NOTE Requirements for medical laboratories are specified in ISO 15189[1].

  • Standard
    16 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

This document specifies requirements and good practice recommendations for the collection, transport,
receipt and handling of samples intended for medical laboratory examinations.
This document is applicable to medical laboratories and other medical services involved in laboratory
pre-examination processes that include the examination request, patient preparation and identification,
sample collection, transport, receipt and storage. It may also be applicable to some biobanks.
This document does not apply to blood and blood products intended for transfusion.

  • Technical specification
    41 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day
  • Technical specification
    34 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off

ISO/TS 17518:2015 provides requirements and guidance for selecting and assessing the quality of reagents to be used for in vitro diagnostic staining in biology. This Technical Specification applies to the professional use of reagents for staining in biology by medical laboratories, and in particular, to those who are responsible for the requisition and evaluation of these reagents in medical laboratory disciplines such as clinical cytology, haematology, histopathology, microbiology, and molecular biology.

  • Technical specification
    15 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Technical specification
    17 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off

ISO 13130:2011 specifies requirements and tests for desiccators and vacuum desiccators intended for general laboratory purposes such as drying of substances or material.

  • Standard
    13 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

ISO 13130:2011 specifies requirements and tests for desiccators and vacuum desiccators intended for general laboratory purposes such as drying of substances or material.

  • Standard
    7 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    7 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    12 pages
    Russian language
    sale 15% off

ISO 24998:2008 specifies requirements and test methods for plain, single-use Petri dishes for microbiological use. ISO 24998:2008 does not apply to products of similar design which may be used for cell or tissue culture purposes. Neither does it apply to dishes supplied ready loaded with microbiological media.

  • Standard
    11 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    11 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off

This European Standard, in order to protect the worker and/or the environment, gives guidance on minimum physical biosafety measures for the containment of animals deliberately inoculated with microorganisms, including genetically modified microorganisms, which can present a risk to human or animal health or the environment. This European Standard does not apply to the containment of animals which have not been deliberately inoculated with microorganisms.

  • Standard
    15 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

This European Standard gives guidance for practice for biotechnology operations in research, development and analysis laboratories of containment levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 (see EN 12128 and prEN 12738). This European Standard aims at the protection of workers from biological hazards as well as the environment including plants and animals.

  • Standard
    15 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day
  • Standard
    8 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day
  • Standard
    8 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    8 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    6 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day
  • Standard
    6 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    6 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off

Flow-out and blow-out pipettes are considered. They will only be expected to provide their specified performance during the original operation. The requirements deal with the basis of adjustment, dimensions, delivery time and construction. The determination of accuracy and repeatability and the marking are specified.

  • Standard
    6 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day
  • Standard
    4 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    4 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    4 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    4 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    4 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    4 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off

The proposed standard document specifies requirements for ensuring quality, safety and performance of laboratory-developed tests (LDT). It outlines the general principles and assessment criteria by which LDT shall be designed, developed, manufactured, validated and monitored for internal use by medical laboratories.
While the proposed standard follows a current best practice and state-of-the art approach, it does not provide specific details on how to achieve these requirements within certain disciplines of medical laboratory testing.
This document does not cover requirements for examination procedures developed by research or academic laboratories developing and using testing systems for non-in-vitro-diagnostic purposes. However, the concepts presented in this document may also be useful for these institutions.
The proposed standard does not apply to the design, development and industrial production of commercially used in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

  • Draft
    42 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

This document specifies requirements for quality and competence in medical laboratories.
This document is applicable to medical laboratories in developing their management systems and assessing their competence. It is also applicable for confirming or recognizing the competence of medical laboratories by laboratory users, regulatory authorities and accreditation bodies.
This document is also applicable to point-of-care testing (POCT).
NOTE International, national, or regional regulations or requirements can also apply to specific topics covered in this document.

  • Standard
    69 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day
  • Standard
    62 pages
    English language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    66 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    66 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    66 pages
    French language
    sale 15% off
  • Standard
    64 pages
    English, Spanish and Russian language
    sale 15% off
  • Corrigendum
    1 page
    Slovenian language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

ISO 13132:2011 specifies requirements and tests for glass Petri dishes intended for general laboratory purposes and microbiological work.

  • Standard
    11 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

This document gives specific requirements applicable to point-of-care testing and is intended to be
used in conjunction with ISO 15189. The requirements of this document apply when POCT is carried
out in a hospital, clinic and by a healthcare organization providing ambulatory care. This document
can be applied to transcutaneous measurements, the analysis of expired air, and in vivo monitoring of
physiological parameters.
Patient self-testing in a home or community setting is excluded, but elements of this document can be
applicable.
NOTE Local, regional and national regulations are to be taken into consideration.

  • Standard
    19 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day
  • Standard – translation
    22 pages
    Slovenian and English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

This International Standard specifies requirements for quality and competence in medical laboratories. This International Standard can be used by medical laboratories in developing their quality management systems and assessing their own competence. It can also be used for confirming or recognizing the competence of medical laboratories by laboratory customers, regulating authorities and accreditation bodies.

  • Standard
    58 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day
  • Standard – translation
    93 pages
    Slovenian and English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

ISO 22870:2016 gives specific requirements applicable to point-of-care testing and is intended to be used in conjunction with ISO 15189. The requirements of this document apply when POCT is carried out in a hospital, clinic and by a healthcare organization providing ambulatory care. This document can be applied to transcutaneous measurements, the analysis of expired air, and in vivo monitoring of physiological parameters.
Patient self-testing in a home or community setting is excluded, but elements of this document can be applicable.

  • Standard
    19 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day
  • Standard – translation
    22 pages
    Slovenian and English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

ISO 15189:2012 specifies requirements for quality and competence in medical laboratories.
ISO 15189:2012 can be used by medical laboratories in developing their quality management systems and assessing their own competence. It can also be used for confirming or recognizing the competence of medical laboratories by laboratory customers, regulating authorities and accreditation bodies.

  • Standard
    58 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day
  • Standard – translation
    93 pages
    Slovenian and English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

This Technical Specification characterizes the application of ISO 15189 as a system for reducing laboratory error and improving patient safety by applying the principles of risk management, with reference to examination aspects, especially to pre- and post-examination aspects, of the cycle of laboratory medical care. This Technical Specification proposes a methodology for finding and characterizing medical laboratory error that would be avoided with the application of ISO 15189.

  • Technical specification
    19 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

This European Standard describes the principles which guide the selection of equipment to be used in a biotechnology laboratory.

  • Standardization document
    9 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

ISO/TS 22367:2008 characterizes the application of ISO 15189 as a system for reducing laboratory error and improving patient safety by applying the principles of risk management, with reference to examination aspects, especially to pre- and post-examination aspects, of the cycle of laboratory medical care. ISO/TS 22367:2008 proposes a methodology for finding and characterizing medical laboratory error that would be avoided with the application of ISO 15189.

  • Technical specification
    19 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day

This standard describes the specific requirements for reference measurement laboratories in laboratory medicine. NOTE 1 It is the laboratory's responsibility to comply with the relevant legal health and safety requirements. NOTE 2 It is understood that reference measurement procedures should be of high metrological order and the analytical principle of measurement applied should allow an adequately low uncertainty. The results of reference measurements should be, if possible, traceable to reference materials or to a reference procedure of higher order.

  • Standard
    15 pages
    English language
    sale 10% off
    e-Library read for
    1 day