Accredited medical examinations assure that clinical laboratories focus on maintaining patients’ healthcare, directly connected with improved patient safety, risk mitigation and operational efficiency.

Accreditation to ISO 15189 also means that the laboratory meets the management system principles of ISO 9001.

Conformity assessment bodies shall apply also respective mandatory documents of the EA, ILAC and IAF. List of LATAK mandatory documents is described in LATAK D.008. EA, IAF and ILAC documents are listed in EA-INF/01 (see http://www.european-accreditation.org/publications)