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Developing a Quality Management System. Viki Massey Quality Coordinator. A Joint Venture of London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care London. Today’s Presentation. LLSG profile Implementation Plan Outline Quality System Essentials Review: Where are we?
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Developing a Quality Management System VikiMassey Quality Coordinator A Joint Venture of London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care London
Today’s Presentation • LLSG profile • Implementation Plan • Outline Quality System Essentials • Review: Where are we? • Outline the next steps
London Laboratory Services Group • Joint venture between LHSC and SJHC • Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Program • 9 disciplines • 55 laboratories • 4 campuses • 500 employees
What is a Quality Management System • ISO 9000 defines a QMS as: “ Management system to direct and control an organization with regard to quality”
Why Quality Management System? • QMP-LS: Quality Management Program – Laboratory Services; Ontario Laboratory Accreditation (OLA) • Consistent with international trends and laboratory science • We are committed to providing the highest level of care to the patient
LLSG Implementation Plan • Quality Coordinator • Discipline Task Teams • Quality Team • Develop Policies • GAP analysis • Map Processes • Write procedures • Quality Manual • Communicate/Educate/Train • Audit • Accreditation
Structure for a Quality system Quality System Essentials Organization Personnel Equipment Purchasing/Inventory Process Control Documents/Records Occurrence Mgmt Internal Assessment Process Improvement Service and Satisfaction Facilities and Safety Information Management Path of Workflow Pre-Analytic Analytic Post-Analytic Info Mgmt Quality system essentials apply to all operations in the path of workflow
QSE: Documents and Records • Document Management System • create • identify • change • approve • file • distribute • archive
Hierarchy of Documents Policy What to do Process How it happens Procedures How to do it Records Forms
Quality Policies QSE’s Map OLA requirements Policy statement Responsibility Supporting statements Supporting processes Operational Policies - included in procedures Policy Development
POLICY STATEMENT: PURPOSE: This policy provides the direction for the processes and procedures to…. RESPONSIBILITY (use those that apply) Program Leader/Discipline Leader/Section Head is responsible for Lab Manager is responsible for Technical Specialist/Coordinator is responsible for Staff members are responsible for Other: References: ·NCCLS document HS1-A Vol.22, No.13- A Quality System Model for Health Care; Approved Guideline ·QMP-LS- Ontario Laboratory Accreditation Requirements ·Others: Supporting Documents List the processes that support this policy: The following sections are derived from the OLA requirements. They determine the supporting statements for the policy. There should be one section and related statement for the major categories defined in the requirements. Make a broad statement about the Laboratory's intentions for the sections below. SECTION SUPPORTING STATEMENTS
Process Mapping • Address the path of workflow • Describe how things happen here • Flow Charts or Tables
What Happens (List the steps) Who’s responsible Procedure (or another Process) Results 1) 2) 3)
Procedure Development • Identified from process mapping • Templates developed based on NCCLS guidelines • Used for analytical and non analytical procedures
PURPOSE This procedure gives instructions…… POLICY EQUIPMENT MATERIALS SPECIMEN SPECIAL SAFETY QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURE LIMITATIONS INTERPRETATION CALCULATIONS REFERENCE RANGE RESULTS REPORTING REFERENCES RELATED DOCUMENTS APPENDICES NB: SECTIONS NOT APPLICABLE TO A GIVEN DOCUMENT ARE DELETED FROM THAT DOCUMENT
Procedures • Accessible • Up to date • User friendly- accurate, easy to follow
QSE: Process Control • Laboratory processes and procedures • Validation • Establishing Reference Intervals • Quality Control • Internal and External QA • Method Comparability • Accreditation
QSE: Occurrence Management • Quality Control: Corrective Action • External and Internal Quality Assurance • Turn Around Time (TAT) delay • Discrepant Results • Corrected Results • Specimen Rejection Criteria
QSE: Information Management • Results Reporting • Release of Results • Computer Procedures • Change Approval • Computer QA • Computer Security • Computer Validation
QSE: Purchasing and Inventory • Inventory Control System • External Services • Purchasing Documents • Material Resources
QSE: Safety • Safety Officer, Safety Committee • Safety Manual • Audit and Inspections • Reporting Incidents, Accidents, Illness • Training • Personnel Responsibilities
QSE: Facilities • Location and design • Environmental Conditions • Access • Communication Systems • Storage • Computer Environment
QSE: Equipment • Equipment selection,calibration, verification, validation • Inventory • Equipment operation maintenance and records • Defective Equipment
QSE: Personnel • Job Description and Qualifications • Training • Competence • Continuing Education • Personnel Records • Performance Appraisal
QSE: Organization • License • Mission Statement • Accreditation • Organizational Structure • Resource Allocation • Referral Laboratories
QSE: Assessment • Quality Indicators • Internal Audits • Management Review
QSE: Process Improvement • Quality Improvement Activities • Occurrence management • Problem Solving
QSE: Service and Satisfaction • Customer Satisfaction(Complaints) • Internal and external
Where are We? Quality Team • Quality policies developed • Processes identified/mapped • Procedures written • Document Management System • Quality Manual • Web site for referral labs
Where are We? Discipline Task Teams • GAP analysis • Processes mapped • Procedures written • Revisit requirements and close GAP
What’s Next? • Quality Team to continue to address QSE • Discipline Task Teams to complete sections of OLA requirements • Educate and train staff • Perform self assessment
Resource Material • ISO documents: • 9001:2000 • 15189 • NCCLS documents: • GP26-A • GP22-A • HS1- A • QMP-LS- OLA Consensus Requirements