ISO accreditation
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The team at Auria Biobank, Finland, achieves ISO 20387:2020 accreditation
This article is 739 words – a four-minute read. The team at Auria Biobank, part of Turku University Hospital’s Laboratory Division, have achieved ISO 20387:2020 accreditation. This makes Auria the fourth BBMRI-ERIC member biobank to demonstrate quality to this international standard. Andrea Wutte, Head of Quality Management at BBMRI, said of the accreditation: “It is a pleasure to see the…
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Quality Talk: José Antonio López-Guerrero of IVO Biobank on achieving ISO 20387
This article is 1,787 words, an eight-minute read. In August 2022, the team at IVO Biobank in Spain became the first in the BBMRI-ERIC network to achieve ISO 20387:2018. This is the standard for biobanks to demonstrate “competence, impartiality and consistent operation including quality control requirements to ensure biological material and data collections of appropriate quality”. Andrea Wutte (AW), Head…
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Wroclaw Medical University Biobank: From BBMRI-ERIC Quality Label to ISO 20387 accredited
Wroclaw Medical University Biobank (WMU Biobank), one of the leading BBMRI.pl biobanks and responsible for implementing common QMS solutions in the Polish Biobanking Network, has just received ISO 20387:2018 Biotechnology – Biobanking – General requirements for biobanking accreditation (no. BB 001). This marks the final stage of accreditation for the biobank. The team began their journey…
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Biobanks in Spain and Italy receive international biobank standard ISO 20387 accreditation
Two national biobanks, the Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología (IVO Biobank) in Spain and the Biobanca Multispecialista (BMS) in Italy, have just received biobank standard ISO 20387 accreditation. This is exciting news, because this serves as official recognition that these facilities have skilled personnel, the right kind and enough equipment and infrastructure needed to perform their activities, and that they…
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BBMRI.pl: First in Europe ISO 20387:2018 assessment in accreditation programme took place in Poland
Wroclaw Medical University Biobank (WMU Biobank), one of the leading BBMRI.pl biobanks, responsible for implementation of common QMS solutions in the Polish Biobanking Network, completed the accreditation assessment process ISO 20387:2018 Biotechnology – Biobanking – General requirements for biobanking (PN-EN ISO 20387:2021- 01 Biotechnologia – Biobankowanie – Ogólne wymagania dotyczące biobankowania) in March 2022. The accreditation…