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Volume 4, Issue 4
1 April 1991
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Research Article| April 01 1991

Quality in Health Care: Application of the ISO 9000 Standard Available to Purchase

Justin McCarthy;
Justin McCarthy
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6542
Print ISSN: 0952-6862
© MCB UP Limited
1991
Int J Health Care Qual Assur (1991) 4 (4)
https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000002024

The applicability of ISO 9000 as a quality system for part of a medical physics and bioengineering service is discussed. Its link with concepts of total quality are considered. Prerequisites for implementing such a system are top management commitment and staff awareness of its value.

Keywords:
QUALITY ASSURANCE, STANDARDS, TQM, HEALTH CARE, ISO 9000, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
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