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European medical laboratory accreditation. Present situation and steps to harmonisation
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Wim Huisman
Wim Huisman received his PhD in Biochemistry in 1974 and was registered as a Clinical Biochemist in 1982. He has worked in the laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology of the Medical Centre Haaglanden in The Hague, The Netherlands since 1982 and has been head from 1997 to 2011. He served his society as secretary from 1987 to 1993 and as chair of their Quality Committee from 1989 to 2002. He is a member of the WG on Accreditation of EC4 later EFCC since 1993 and has chaired it since 2002. He is a technical assessor for ISO15189 and a member of the Accreditation Committee of RvA (Netherland Accreditation Body) and a member of the Health Care Committee of EA. He is a member of the Subcommittee on Quality Management of CLSI and a member of WG 1 of ISO TC212.
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March 16, 2012
Received: 2011-08-26
Accepted: 2012-02-14
Published Online: 2012-03-16
Published in Print: 2012-07-01
©2012 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston
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