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. 2020 Apr 9;18(2):122–135. doi: 10.1089/bio.2019.0092

Table 7.

Quality Management

 
Is your institution certified, accredited, or otherwise qualified in a quality management system?
Q1—SC HBM4EU (n = 36) ESBB (n = 28)
No 18/34 (53%) 12/28 (43%)
Yes 16/34 (47%) 16/28 (57%)
No answer 2 0
 
Please specify according to which norm(s)/systems your institution is certified/accredited or otherwise qualified (only shown to participants answering Q1 with yes)
Q1A—OF HBM4EU (n = 16) ESBB (n = 16)
ISO 9001
8/16 (50%)
12/16 (75%)
ISO 17025
9/16 (56%)
2/16 (13%)
GCP/GLP
0/16 (0%)
5/16 (31%)
ISO 15189
1/16 (6%)
2/16 (13%)
NFS 96–900
1/16 (6%)
1/16 (6%)
ISO 15025
1/16 (6%)
0/16 (0%)
ISO 14001
0/16 (0%)
1/16 (6%)
ISO 18001 0/16 (0%) 1/16 (6%)
 
For which activities has a quality management system been established (only shown to participants answering Q1 with yes)
Q2—MR HBM4EU (n = 16) ESBB (n = 16)
Sampling
8/14 (57%)
13/16 (81%)
Distribution
4/14 (29%)
11/16 (69%)
Shipment
4/14 (29%)
12/16 (75%)
Data management/IT
6/14 (43%)
12/16 (75%)
Processing
11/14 (79%)
15/16 (94%)
Infrastructure
6/14 (43%)
13/16 (81%)
Storage
13/14 (93%)
16/16 (100%)
No answer 2 0

Presented are the type of question (SC; OF; MR), the total number of survey participants, as well as ratio and percentage (in brackets) of survey participants choosing a given answer. The number of survey participants not providing an answer is noted under “no answer.”

OF, open-form question.