AREA LABORATORIES NHS AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN A Quality tour for visitors to the laboratories Gary Collins Quality Manager

Quality Definition  “establishing conditions such that the quality of all tests are performed in laboratory medicine assists clinicians in practising good medicine” Callum G Fraser Biological Variation: From principles to practice ( 2001)

The Quality Manager Quality Manager (Multidiscipline )  Crosshouse and Ayr sites  Biochemistry  Haematology and Blood Transfusion  Microbiology  Pathology and Mortuary Services

The Quality Manager Role:  Quality Management System  Audits and audit schedule,  Clinical Governance  Datix- adverse incident investigation  Corrective and preventative actions  Accreditation bodies,  Advisor to Clinical Director and Laboratory Manager  Quality Improvement....etc.....etc

Laboratory Statistics 09/06/  Blood sciences  760,000 requests  2.9 million investigations  15 million tests  Microbiology requests  Blood transfusion requests  Pathology requests

Assessing Quality  Scottish government require all medical labs to be assessed by a certificating body  Clinical Pathology Accreditation (CPA (UK) Ltd)  CPA have merged with United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)  “Standards for the Medical Laboratory”  Main assessment 4years  Surveillance visit every 2 years

CPA Standards

Safeguarding the Processes 09/06/ PATIENT PRE-EXAM EXAM POST-EXAM QC Control points in the process

F3- Internal Quality Control (IQC)  Measuring against your own results  Commercial control material  Statistical Process Control (numerical)  Non numerical IQC ( visual)  All IQC results must be recorded, regularly evaluated and the remedial and corrective actions taken must be recorded.

F3- Internal Quality Control (IQC)  Statistical Process Control ( numerical)

F3- Internal Quality Control (IQC)  Non- numerical ( visual process control)

H5- External Quality assurance (EQA)  Measuring against results of others  External Quality Assurance Schemes – appropriate to the test.  NEQAS  WEQAS  Cellular Pathology Techniques  Immunocytochemistry (ICC)  Andrology  Cytology = Scottish Technical EQA: Non-Gyn & Gyn  Cervical Cytology Proficiency Testing

A3- Quality Policy  Statement of intent as how the laboratory runs to fulfil the needs and requirements of users.  Mission statement  Scope of the service provided.  Includes Commitments to  Good professional practice  H&S  Environmental legislation  Authorised signature, displayed and communicated to staff  Reviewed at the Annual Management Review (AMR)

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Ayrshire and Arran mission statement

A5 Quality objectives and plans  Establish written quality objectives which are consistent with the quality policy  Regularly reviewed ( at quality meetings and AMR)  There must be plans to achieve and maintain these objectives  Examples  New equipment and implementation  New process, procedures or tests  Quality improvements

H3 and H4- internal audit  H3- internal audit of quality management system  H4- internal audit of examination processes.  Audit schedule  must be planned and scheduled  Conducted against agreed criteria  Results recorded and evaluated  Each aspect of laboratory process should be audited within a stated timescale (2 years)  Auditors should be ( as far as possible) independent of the work being audited.

H6 Non-conformities  Corrective and preventative actions of the non conformances carried out within a given timescale  Remedial action taken  Investigation and recording of root causes  Responsibility and implementation of CA/PA  Monitoring effectiveness

H6.4- Quality Indicators  Lab should establish, record and monitor QI which cover all aspects of lab processes.  Includes  Turnaround times,  User and staff satisfaction  Environmental, health & safety issues  Laboratory quality objectives  Resolution of Non-conformances  Staff training & continuing education  Quality Improvement Scotland (QIS) standards  Performance in EQA schemes  Reduction in DATIX incidences  Internal QC  Reduction in absenteeism

H7- Identification and Control of Non Conformities  N/C may be procedural or a failure to meet specified requirements  Of quality management system  For the users  For external organisations  Processes should be halted and reports withheld  Recalled if already released  Responsibility of management of N/C and resumption of procedure  Must be recorded with cause and corrective action.

B8- Staff meetings  Communication and dissemination information  Include  Quality meetings  H&S  Heads of department  Users of diagnostic services  Clinical governance  IT  Special projects  External professional meetings  Team /departmental meetings  Records must be kept and made available to staff

B9- Staff training and Education  Access to continuing education and training  Opportunity for further education and training in relation to the needs of the service  Competency programmes to assigned tasks  Records must be kept ( Continuous Professional Development (CPD) folders)

H2- Assessment of user satisfaction and complaints  To establish if the service meets the needs and requirements of its users.  Establish processes for obtaining and monitoring data of satisfaction and/or complaints  Includes  Interfaces with users ( various meetings)  User survey (also staff survey)  Complaints procedure  Complaints discussed and actions taken recorded at senior meetings  Clinical Effectiveness and risk management of the parent organisation.

A11- Annual Management Review (AMR)  To identify any changes required to meet the needs and requirements of users  Any action needed to ensure the continuation of the service  All aspects of laboratory and its quality management system are reviewed.  All of the contents of the previous slides  Policy and objectives reviewed for the past year  Policy and objectives set for the following year

Continual improvement  Quality improvement is a continuous cycle  Constant monitoring and measuring effectiveness of processes.  Essential part of maintaining and improving laboratory services

How does the laboratory measure quality? 09/06/ Quality Indicators  Turn around times (TAT)  Customer (user) survey  Staff survey  Complaints/commendations  Resolving non conformances and rectifying problems  Reduction in DATIX incidences  External Quality Assurance schemes  Internal Quality Control

Quality Improvement

Future Developments  CPA merged with UKAS  Transition to ISO 15189:2012 standards

Transition to ISO 15189:2012  International standard  ISO 15189:2012 transition visit ( assessed both standard)  Next main visit ( 15189:2012 only)  CPA will cease to exist

ISO 15189:2012  Calibration /traceability- ISO  Validation/verification of processes  Management competency (trouble shooting, problem solving)  Assessment of suppliers (scoring)  Staff suggestions  Measurement of uncertainty

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