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ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and CompetencevsICH Q10 - Pharmaceutical Quality System

See exactly how ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence controls map to ICH Q10 - Pharmaceutical Quality System. Pre-computed mappings, identified gaps, and coverage analysis.

25
Controls Mapped
52
Gaps Found
17%
Coverage

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ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence maps to ICH Q10 - Pharmaceutical Quality System with 17% coverage across 13 directly mapped controls. Analysis of 77 ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence controls identifies 64 compliance gaps — primarily concentrated in Clause 7: Process Requirements.

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Resource Requirements(4 mappings)

6.5Preparing and Distributing Audit Report2 targets
ICH-Q10-Section2-MgmtResponsibility-Leadership-QualityPolicy-Planning-ReviewICH Q10 Section 2 - Management Responsibility + Leadership + Quality Policy + Planning + Resources + Communication + Management Review
ICH-Q10-Section3-ContinualImprovement-ProcessPerformance-CAPA-ChangeMgmt-MgmtReviewICH Q10 Section 3 - Continual Improvement + Process Performance and Product Quality Monitoring + CAPA + Change Management + Management Review
6.7Conducting Audit Follow-up2 targets
ICH-Q10-Section2-MgmtResponsibility-Leadership-QualityPolicy-Planning-ReviewICH Q10 Section 2 - Management Responsibility + Leadership + Quality Policy + Planning + Resources + Communication + Management Review
ICH-Q10-Section3-ContinualImprovement-ProcessPerformance-CAPA-ChangeMgmt-MgmtReviewICH Q10 Section 3 - Continual Improvement + Process Performance and Product Quality Monitoring + CAPA + Change Management + Management Review

Annex A(1 mappings)

A.1Point-of-Care Testing Additional Requirements
ICH-Q10-Section2-Outsourced-Ownership-Vendor-Supplier-CMO-CROICH Q10 Section 2 - Outsourced Activities + Management of Materials + Change of Ownership + CMO + CRO + Supplier Management

Clause 5: Structural and Governance Requirements(8 mappings)

ISO-15189-5.1Legal entity2 targets
ICH-Q10-Section2-MgmtResponsibility-Leadership-QualityPolicy-Planning-ReviewICH Q10 Section 2 - Management Responsibility + Leadership + Quality Policy + Planning + Resources + Communication + Management Review
ICH-Q10-Section3-ContinualImprovement-ProcessPerformance-CAPA-ChangeMgmt-MgmtReviewICH Q10 Section 3 - Continual Improvement + Process Performance and Product Quality Monitoring + CAPA + Change Management + Management Review
ISO-15189-5.4Structure and authority2 targets
ICH-Q10-Section2-MgmtResponsibility-Leadership-QualityPolicy-Planning-ReviewICH Q10 Section 2 - Management Responsibility + Leadership + Quality Policy + Planning + Resources + Communication + Management Review
ICH-Q10-Section3-ContinualImprovement-ProcessPerformance-CAPA-ChangeMgmt-MgmtReviewICH Q10 Section 3 - Continual Improvement + Process Performance and Product Quality Monitoring + CAPA + Change Management + Management Review
ISO-15189-5.6Risk management4 targets
ICH-Q10-Scope-PQS-ICH-Q8-Q9-Q11-Q12-ISO9001-GMP-CoordICH Q10 - Scope + Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS) + ICH Q8/Q9/Q11/Q12 + ISO 9001 + GMP Coordination
ICH-Q10-Section1-Enablers-KnowledgeMgmt-QRM-FoundationICH-Q8-Q9ICH Q10 Section 1 - PQS Enablers + Knowledge Management + Quality Risk Management (ICH Q9 Foundation)
ICH-Q10-Section2-MgmtResponsibility-Leadership-QualityPolicy-Planning-ReviewICH Q10 Section 2 - Management Responsibility + Leadership + Quality Policy + Planning + Resources + Communication + Management Review
ICH-Q10-Section3-ContinualImprovement-ProcessPerformance-CAPA-ChangeMgmt-MgmtReviewICH Q10 Section 3 - Continual Improvement + Process Performance and Product Quality Monitoring + CAPA + Change Management + Management Review

Clause 6: Resource Requirements(3 mappings)

ISO-15189-6.7Service agreements2 targets
ICH-Q10-Section2-MgmtResponsibility-Leadership-QualityPolicy-Planning-ReviewICH Q10 Section 2 - Management Responsibility + Leadership + Quality Policy + Planning + Resources + Communication + Management Review
ICH-Q10-Section3-ContinualImprovement-ProcessPerformance-CAPA-ChangeMgmt-MgmtReviewICH Q10 Section 3 - Continual Improvement + Process Performance and Product Quality Monitoring + CAPA + Change Management + Management Review
ISO-15189-6.8Externally provided products and services
ICH-Q10-Section2-Outsourced-Ownership-Vendor-Supplier-CMO-CROICH Q10 Section 2 - Outsourced Activities + Management of Materials + Change of Ownership + CMO + CRO + Supplier Management

Clause 7: Process Requirements(3 mappings)

ISO-15189-7.4Post-examination processes3 targets
ICH-Q10-Scope-PQS-ICH-Q8-Q9-Q11-Q12-ISO9001-GMP-CoordICH Q10 - Scope + Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS) + ICH Q8/Q9/Q11/Q12 + ISO 9001 + GMP Coordination
ICH-Q10-Section2-MgmtResponsibility-Leadership-QualityPolicy-Planning-ReviewICH Q10 Section 2 - Management Responsibility + Leadership + Quality Policy + Planning + Resources + Communication + Management Review
ICH-Q10-Section3-ContinualImprovement-ProcessPerformance-CAPA-ChangeMgmt-MgmtReviewICH Q10 Section 3 - Continual Improvement + Process Performance and Product Quality Monitoring + CAPA + Change Management + Management Review

Clause 8: Management System Requirements(1 mappings)

ISO-15189-8.1General requirements
ICH-Q10-Section3-ContinualImprovement-ProcessPerformance-CAPA-ChangeMgmt-MgmtReviewICH Q10 Section 3 - Continual Improvement + Process Performance and Product Quality Monitoring + CAPA + Change Management + Management Review

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What are the key differences between ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence and ICH Q10 - Pharmaceutical Quality System?

ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence has 77 controls across its framework, while ICH Q10 - Pharmaceutical Quality System covers 6 controls. Direct mapping analysis identifies 13 overlapping controls (17% coverage). The frameworks diverge most significantly in Clause 7: Process Requirements, where 18 ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence controls have no direct ICH Q10 - Pharmaceutical Quality System equivalent.

How many controls map between ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence and ICH Q10 - Pharmaceutical Quality System?

Of 77 total ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence controls, 13 map directly to ICH Q10 - Pharmaceutical Quality System controls — representing 17% coverage. The remaining 64 controls represent compliance gaps requiring additional documentation or compensating controls to satisfy both frameworks simultaneously.

What are the compliance gaps when mapping ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence to ICH Q10 - Pharmaceutical Quality System?

64 ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence controls have no direct equivalent in ICH Q10 - Pharmaceutical Quality System. The highest concentration of gaps is in Clause 7: Process Requirements with 18 unmapped controls. These gaps represent areas where additional controls, policies, or documentation must be created to achieve compliance with both frameworks.

Which control domains have the most gaps between ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence and ICH Q10 - Pharmaceutical Quality System?

The domain with the highest gap count is Clause 7: Process Requirements (18 gaps). Export the full domain-by-domain gap breakdown via the Professional tier to generate a prioritised remediation roadmap.

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