Vietnam: Responsibilities of chief of laboratory

The chief of laboratory have the responsibilities specified in Article 8 of the Circular No. 01/2013/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, including:

- To organize quality control of laboratory, implement fully tasks and plans of laboratory on laboratory quality control, to coordinate with office (or team) of quality control of hospital in advise leaders of medical examination and treatment facility on entire quality control work of laboratory.

- To formulate annual and 5-year plans on the content of laboratory quality control in order to submit to leaders of medical examination and treatment facilities for consideration, approval.

- To personally direct, organize implementation of contents of the approved plan on laboratory quality control. Every 6-month, to consider implementation of the annual plan on laboratory quality control, proactively propose suitable adjustments.

- To direct and personally implement monitoring, inspection and supervision of testing quality; to detect, propose solutions and manage cases with errors or risks of occuring errors during the laboratory quality control at laboratory.

- To direct and formulate the quality handbook of laboratory, standard operating procedures (SOP) in order to submit to leaders of medical examination and treatment facilities for consideration, issuance.

- To organize scientific study, formulate and submit to leaders of medical examination and treatment facilities for approval of plans on training on the spot or by sending health officers of laboratory and other relevant divisions to be trained on testing quality management.

- To integrate quality control of laboratory with activities of other relevant departments or divisions in science study, training for health officers of laboratory.

- To receive information, handle and advise leaders of medical examination and treatment facilities for timely and suitable feedback to customers using laboratory services.

View more details at the Circular No. 01/2013/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, effective from March 15, 2013.

Thu Ba

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