TY  - GEN
A1  - Mandl, Thomas
A1  - Dohnal, Fahdi
A1  - Stickler, Yvonne
A1  - Martinek, Johannes
A1  - Reichel, Martin
A1  - Mayr, Winfried
A1  - Rattay, Frank
T1  - FE-Modellierung für Implantate als Alternative zur transkutanen Elektrostimulation des langzeitdenervierten Oberschenkels
KW  - Implants
KW  - Denervation
Y1  - 2019
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Mandl, Thomas
A1  - Martinek, Johannes
A1  - Bijak, Manfred
A1  - Lanmüller, Hermann
A1  - Mayr, Winfried
A1  - Pichler, Markus
T1  - 10-th Vienna international workshop on functionalelectrostimulation and 15th IFESS Annual Conference
T2  - Proceedings / Center for Medical Physicsand Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna / Vienna Medical School / ISBN 3-900928-09-5 / 388 S.
KW  - Electrostimulation
Y1  - 2019
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Oeser, Reinhard
A1  - Buchta, C
A1  - Coucke, W
A1  - Mayr, Winfried
A1  - Müller, MM
A1  - Schweiger, CR
A1  - Körmöczi, GF
T1  - Evidence for the positive impact of ISO 9001 and ISO 15189 quality systems on laboratory performance - evaluation of immunohaematology external quality assessment results during 19 years in Austria
JF  - Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)
N2  - Background ISO 9001 and ISO 15189 have been established as continuative models for quality systems beyond national laws, mandatory standards and guidelines of expert associations regarding analytical and organisational performance of medical laboratories and transfusion services. Although widely used, their impact on laboratory performance has not been investigated. Methods We retrospectively analysed the results of 167 laboratories in 59 distributions of the Austrian red cell immunohaematology external quality assessment (EQA) scheme in the years 1999-2017. The performance for each parameter and trends of individual participants were compared with respect to certification or accreditation status of participants' quality systems and to laboratory type. Results Considering more than 52,000 EQA results, the absence or presence of a laboratory quality management system showed different error rates. Laboratories with ISO 9001 or ISO 15189 certification/accreditation had 0.7% incorrect results, while this rate was doubled without such quality systems (1.4%, p=0.0002). Statistically significant error reductions were seen upon ISO 9001/ISO 15189 implementation (1.3% before vs. 0.7% after; p=0.0468). Transfusion services had fewer errors (0.9%) compared to hospital and independent laboratories (both 1.2%). Conclusions Implementation and maintenance of quality systems according to ISO 9001 or ISO 15189 as well as laboratory specialisation result in better analytical performance as can be seen in immunohaematology EQA results. The conclusion is that these results apply to other laboratory tests and perhaps to other areas of health care.
KW  - ISO 15189
KW  - ISO 9001
KW  - External quality assessment
KW  - Immunohaematology
Y1  - 
VL  - 2018
IS  - 56 (12)
SP  - 2039
EP  - 2046
ER  -