Quality Management Systems and Accreditation

Sara Seneca, Michael A Morris, Simon Patton, Rob Elles, Jorge Sequeiros, None, Experience and outcome of 3 years of a European EQA scheme for genetic testing of the spinocerebellar ataxias. European Journal of Human Genetics. ,vol. 16, pp. 913- 920 ,(2008) , 10.1038/EJHG.2008.29

Margaret M. McGovern, Rob Elles, Isabella Beretta, Martin J. Somerville, Gerald Hoefler, Mauri Keinanen, David Barton, Nancy Carson, Elisabeth Dequeker, Radim Brdicka, Alena Blazkova, Ségolène Aymé, Birgit Schnieders, Clemens R. Müller, Vibeke Dalen, Armando Albert Martinez, Ulf Kristoffersson, Meral Ozguc, Hansjakob Mueller, Joe Boone, Ira M. Lubin, Jorge Sequeiros, Domenica Taruscio, Bob Williamson, Lynn Mainland, Hiroshi Yoshikura, Elettra Ronchi, Report of an International Survey of Molecular Genetic Testing Laboratories Community Genetics. ,vol. 10, pp. 123- 131 ,(2007) , 10.1159/000101753

I Touitou, C Rittore, L Philibert, J Yagüe, Y Shinar, I Aksentijevich, An international external quality assessment for molecular diagnosis of hereditary recurrent fevers: a 3-year scheme demonstrates the need for improvement European Journal of Human Genetics. ,vol. 17, pp. 890- 896 ,(2009) , 10.1038/EJHG.2008.253

Dolores Ibarreta, Robert Elles, Jean-Jacques Cassiman, Emilio Rodriguez-Cerezo, Elisabeth Dequeker, Towards quality assurance and harmonization of genetic testing services in the European Union Nature Biotechnology. ,vol. 22, pp. 1230- 1235 ,(2004) , 10.1038/NBT1004-1230

Elisabeth Dequeker, Jean-Jacques Cassiman, Genetic testing and quality control in diagnostic laboratories. Nature Genetics. ,vol. 25, pp. 259- 260 ,(2000) , 10.1038/77008

R.A Sherwood, Burnett, D , Poyser, K.H, Practical Guide to Accreditation in Laboratory Medicine ,(1997)