ISO certification crowns FIND’s quality management systems
Since its launch in 2003, FIND has strived
to put in place standard operating procedures in all areas of its operations as
a means for achieving quality performance. On 29 June 2007, the foundation’s
quality management systems (QMS) were audited by the SWISS TS / TÜV-Süd
authority who confirmed that the organizational procedures implemented
throughout FIND were compliant with the International Standardization
Organization (ISO) standards.
Following this successful audit, FIND was
awarded ISO 13485:2003 for Medical Devices,
Quality Management Systems, and Requirements
for Regulatory Purposes, and ISO
9001:2000 for Quality Management Systems,
and Requirements.
Dr. Giorgio Roscigno, Chief Executive Officer,
stated: "This is a very important cornerstone in
the history of FIND. We have strived from the
very beginning to establish quality management
practices that are identical to those used
by for-profit industries. We are particularly
proud of this achievement, especially because
we have implemented these standards in a nonprofit
diagnostics organization and have established
outstanding quality assurance norms."
The ISO certification is indication that FIND
has taken a giant stride in their quality and
project management of the design, development
and manufacture of in vitro diagnostics,
as well as evaluation and demonstration of the
devices for roll-out in developing country
health systems.
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