Guidelines for Establishing Quality Systems in Veterinary Diagnostic Testing Laboratories Report of an Joint FAO/IAEA Consultants Meeting/Workshop organized by

Foreword to the Version 1.02, from 17 May 2002: This document was edited after a consultants meeting in September, 2000 and is meant to be updated at least once a year. During a follow-up meeting in Onderstepoort, South Africa in July, 2001 the usefulness of the guidelines were discussed and comments and further chapters such as 1) Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty and 2) Occupational Health and Safety (OH & S) were included. The latter ones are not part of the OIE standard but are recommended as part of good laboratory practice (“glp”). Statements in italics are either advisory in nature or are provided as examples to the primary body of text. An updated version of this document is available under