Accreditation

Please note the Laboratories are currently (2023-24) undergoing a managed service contract change which means a replacement to a large number of our analysers. Please see the  attached letter for more information and the  attached tables providing you with information regarding which tests are changing platforms and the status of their accreditation during this period. 

Due to the high level of change in accreditation status for many of our tests, the laboratory has decided not to state on our reports which tests have been moved from accredited to not accredited or awaiting assessment. Instead, the laboratory will keep these tables updated to inform you of the updates and progress. This will also mean that reports will avoid being confused by a multitude of comments that could affect interpretation of results.

	Accreditation body	Status	Web site
Clinical Biochemistry
The Clinical Biochemistry Department at the Bristol Royal Infirmary (University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust)  is undergoing changes to its UKAS accreditation status. Please contact the laboratory if you require further information.
Training pre-registration biomedical scientists	Institute of Biomedical science	Accredited	http://www.ibms.org/
Training pre-registration clinical scientists	Association for Clinical Biochemistry	Accredited	http://www.acb.org.uk/
Training SpR in Clinical Biochemistry Metabolic Medicine	RCPath JRCPTB	Accredited	http://www.rcpath.org/ http://www.jrcptb.org.uk/
Haematology & Blood transfusion
The University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Haematology Department is an UKAS accredited Medical Laboratory. No. 8227 (ISO 15189:2012). For a list of Accredited tests see weblink:http://www.ukas.com/search-accredited-organisations/ and type in 8227
Blood safety and quality regulations - Hospital Blood Bank	Medicines and Health Care Products Regulatory Agency	Accredited	http://www.mhra.gov.uk/
Training pre-registration biomedical scientists	Institute of Biomedical science	Accredited	http://www.ibms.org/
Training SpR in Haematology	JRCPTB	Accredited	http://www.jrcptb.org.uk/
Blood Transfusion Laboratory
Histopathology
General pathology accreditation
Training pre-registration biomedical scientists	Institute of Biomedical science	Accredited	http://www.ibms.org/
Training SpR in Histopathology	RCPath	Accredited	http://www.rcpath.org/
Microbiology (Health Protection Agency)
General pathology accreditation
Training pre-registration biomedical scientists	Institute of Biomedical science	Accredited	http://www.ibms.org/
Training SpR in  Medical Microbiology	RCPath	Accredited	http://www.rcpath.org/
Personnel and staff management	Investors in People	Awarded until 2009	http://www.investorsinpeople.co.uk/
Food, Environmental and Water	United KingdomAccreditation Service (UKAS)	Accredited	http://www.ukas.com/

 

Gen 6

The Laboratory Medicine department across UHBW utilises the Winpath Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).

Due to the limitations of this system, we are currently unable to fully meet the requirements of the UKAS publication GEN 6

- Reference to accreditation and multilateral recognition signatory status.

The Gen 6 publication sets out the requirements of laboratory reports for the appropriate use of UKAS logos and the need to

identify tests that are accredited and distinguish from those that are not.

Whilst it is possible to enter a short statement at the end of each report, the referencing of the accreditation status of tests

on the same page as test results, could interfere with the interpretation of pathology results (particularly those that have

interpretive comments or a high number of assays reported).

Instead, the department highlights those reports that contain tests that are not currently on our scope of accreditation.

For all others, this can be found by searching our UKAS numbers (8227 and 8061) on the UKAS website:

Search UKAS accredited organisations.