Jornal de Citologia e Histologia

The Role of Technical Quality Control in Histology Laboratories

Abstract

Zuhair M Mohammedsaleh

The importance of laboratories cannot be gainsaid as far as the health of any country is concerned. This is especially considering that laboratories have a bearing on the accuracy of research carried out on varied ailments, as well as the effectiveness of any remedial substance. Of course, there are numerous categories of laboratories with histology laboratories coming as some of the most fundamental. Histology laboratories come with a number of distinctive characteristics that can only be comprehended through comparing the laboratories with other areas of medical laboratories. Nevertheless, they also have to ensure the efficacy and integrity of their results. This underlines the importance of quality control in histology laboratories. Quality control underlines a system pertaining to routine technical activities that are aimed at developing and controlling the quality and accuracy of inventory while it is being developed. This system comes up with consistent and routine checks that identify and address omissions and errors, safeguard the integrity, completeness and correctness of data, while also recording all quality control activities. This Review Article examines the role of quality control in histology laboratories. It examines the varied aspects of quality management including risk identification, risk analysis and risk elimination. On the same note, it examines the convergence between quality management and quality assurance while paying close attention to the role of technical quality control in histology laboratories.