ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence
The medical laboratory accreditation standard: requirements for quality and competence across general, structural and governance, resource, process and management system clauses, with point-of-care testing in a normative annex. Built from the complete fourth edition, one leaf per titled clause at the deepest level the standard titles it.
ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence is a compliance framework from International (ISO/TC 212); adopted as EN ISO 15189:2022, AS ISO 15189:2023, I.S. EN ISO 15189:2022 and others with 6 domains and 122 controls that map to 236 other frameworks. The largest domains are Clause 7: Process requirements – ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence (44 controls), Clause 6: Resource requirements – ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence (33 controls), Clause 8: Management system requirements – ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence (26 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.
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Framework Domains (6)
Annex A (normative): Additional requirements for point-of-care testing – ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| iso-15189-2022-medical-laboratories-requirements-for-quality-and-competence::A.2 | A.2 POCT governance |
| iso-15189-2022-medical-laboratories-requirements-for-quality-and-competence::A.3 | A.3 POCT quality assurance programme |
| iso-15189-2022-medical-laboratories-requirements-for-quality-and-competence::A.4 | A.4 POCT training programme |
Clause 4: General requirements – ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| iso-15189-2022-medical-laboratories-requirements-for-quality-and-competence::4.1 | 4.1 Impartiality |
| iso-15189-2022-medical-laboratories-requirements-for-quality-and-competence::4.2.1 | 4.2.1 Management of information |
| iso-15189-2022-medical-laboratories-requirements-for-quality-and-competence::4.2.2 | 4.2.2 Release of information |
| iso-15189-2022-medical-laboratories-requirements-for-quality-and-competence::4.2.3 | 4.2.3 Personnel responsibility |
| iso-15189-2022-medical-laboratories-requirements-for-quality-and-competence::4.3 | 4.3 Requirements regarding patients |
Clause 5: Structural and governance requirements – ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence
Clause 6: Resource requirements – ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence
Clause 7: Process requirements – ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence
Clause 8: Management system requirements – ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence
Your Compliance Coverage
If you comply with ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence, you already cover:
Australia National Pathology Standards (First Edition 2027)
21%
34 controls mapped
Compare →US Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Regulations (42 CFR Part 493)
17%
28 controls mapped
Compare →ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration
9%
15 controls mapped
Compare →+ 233 more: PIC/S Guide to Good Manufacturing Practice for Medicinal Products (7%), ICH Q10 - Pharmaceutical Quality System (6%)
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The Compliance Position Diagnostic, $5,000 fixed, ten business daysWhat is ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence and who does it apply to?
ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence is a compliance framework from International (ISO/TC 212); adopted as EN ISO 15189:2022, AS ISO 15189:2023, I.S. EN ISO 15189:2022 and others with 6 domains and 122 controls. The medical laboratory accreditation standard: requirements for quality and competence across general, structural and governance, resource, process and management system clauses, with point-of-care testing in a normative annex. Built from the complete fourth edition, one leaf per titled clause at the deepest level the standard titles it. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
What does ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence actually require?
ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence has 122 controls organised across 6 domains. The largest domains are Clause 7: Process requirements – ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence (44 controls), Clause 6: Resource requirements – ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence (33 controls), Clause 8: Management system requirements – ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence (26 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.
If I already comply with another framework, how much of ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence do I already cover?
ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence maps to 236 other compliance frameworks. The top mapping partners are Australia National Pathology Standards (First Edition 2027) (21% coverage), US Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Regulations (42 CFR Part 493) (17% coverage), ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration (9% coverage). Use our comparison tool to explore control-level mappings between frameworks.
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