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STANDARD QUALITY
a brief look at the world
of standards
CAROL MOORE
QUALITY MANAGER
AREA LABORATORIES Crosshouse Hospital
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Definition of STANDARD
According to Collins Dictionary“is an accepted or approved example of something against
which others are judged or measured”
 according to BSI-”defined as a document, established
by consensus and approved by a recognised body, that
provides, for common and repeated use, rules,
guidelines, or characteristics for activities or their results”
 “it can be an agreed way of doing something, can be
recorded and published formally or an informal unwritten
procedure”
 Most are voluntary codes- not regulations
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Some STANDARDS
 Speed limits
 Exams
 Recipes
 Q-Busters
 Call centre ring times
 Baggage handling turn
around times
 Private standards used only by the organisation that
developed them
 Others including SLA’s, legislation and licensing, QIS,
performance targets.
 Formal Standards
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Formal standards
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British Standards-(BS) from National Standards Body
(NSB)
Publicly Available Specification (PAS)- from a trade
organisation
European Standards (EN)- from the European
Committee for Standardisation (CEN)
International Standards (ISO) – from the International
Organisation for Standardisation ( ISO also from Greek
meaning “equal”)
International Electrotechnical Committee (IEC) –works in
conjunction with ISO for electrical and electrotechnical
standards.
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WHY HAVE STANDARDS?
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To measure what we do against a set acceptable level
(criteria)
Specify requirements for the features or characteristics
of a product
Improve performance- product, quality, H&S,
environment, communications
Bring conformity and integrity to any business
To demonstrate how good we are
Encourage knowledge sharing
Safeguards and reassures customers and users
Increase world trade.
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For the Customer
 Ensures
the quality of a product is suitable for use
 Ensures things like credit cards are of the same size
 Ensures the DVD you bought on holiday will fit your
DVD player
 Organisational standards for franchises e.g.
MacDonald, Thornton's, M&S
 Transport containers- fit together on boats and onto
lorries and trains for ease of export logistics.
HISTORY of STANDARDS
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The rut marks made from Roman carts formed the idea for railway
tracks and gauges.
1900’s –steel making and tramway rails
1914-1918, Standards for War. 31,000 were introduced.
1930- BSI established
1939-1945, warplane standards, war emergency standards. Also
saw the start of consumer standards.
1947- ISO established
1950’s and 1960’s-standards for supplying military hardware
1961- CEN established
1970’s saw many organisations with their own standards for quality
1980’s saw a rise in international trade, mainly due to better
transport and technology.
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British Standards Institute
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BSI is the oldest national standards body in the world
from the
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Institute of civil engineers, to the
Engineering Standards committee, to
the British Engineering Standards Association to the
BSI.1931 , reduced 75 different railway gauges to 5
Created the British Standards mark in 1903 which later
became the “Kitemark®”
BSI became the sole organisation for issuing national
standards in 1942
Held the first Commonwealth Standards Conference in
1946 which led to the start of ISO
British Standards
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Consumer boom of the 50’s and 60’s led to
goods of dubious quality and the Kitemark®”
was applied to many goods
In 2010 there were over 27,000 British
Standards in use over 100 countries.
Include health care technology, crash test
dummies, sustainability in events, food
technology, French polishing, stem cell research
and Neoclassical Scroll bench design to name a
few.
European Standards
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European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) founded
in 1961 by the national standards bodies of the EEC
countries
Has 31 members who represent the expertise from their
countries.
Work with
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European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation
(CENELEC)
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
Information Society Standardisation System (ISSS)
ISO
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Non governmental organisation established in 1947 from
the International Federation of National Standardising
Associations (ISA) and the United nations Standards Coordinating committee (UNSCC)
Network of national standard bodies over 162 countriesco-ordinated in Geneva
International agreements which are published as
International Standards
1972 saw a demand for international standards due to
the growth in international trade and transport
End of 2009- there were 18,536 ISO standards used
globally
Quality Management Standards
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1950’s USA introduced quality standards for military procurement
1960’s NASA developed its quality system requirements for
suppliers
1970’s saw many organisations publishing their own quality
management standards and many countries developing their own
national standard.
1980’s saw a requirement for an international system and the ISO
9000 series was born from BS 5750, ISO 8402 and EN 29000
Currently BS EN ISO 9001:2008 in use with over 1 million
(1,064,785)certificates issued in 2009. China leads the table with
257,076 certifications.
CLINICAL PATHOLOGY ACCREDITATION
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CPA (UK) Ltd established in 1992
Draft form of ISO 15189 was circulated for discussion
and the CPA (UK) Ltd established a Standards Revision
Group (SRG)
New CPA standards were approved on 8.12.2000
Version 2.01 march 2009 incorporated more aspects of
ISO
Taken under the umbrella of UKAS in 2009 and after relocation in version 2.02 November 2010 is the version in
use.
Moving towards adopting BS EN ISO 15189 for criteriacurrently under review.
Also BS EN ISO 22870:2006 POCT and BS EN ISO/IEC
17043:2010 for EQA schemes.
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And finally
Any standard is a collective work
 Evolve to meet the changing demands of
society and technology
 Updated to meet and improve our quality
expectations and requirements
 We, in turn will raise our quality to meet
these standards.
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websites
http://www.cpa-uk.co.uk
 http://www.iso.org
 http://www.bsigroup.com
 http://www.bsieducation.org
 http://www.standardsinfo.net
 http://cen.eu
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