Accreditation
Quality/accreditation
The accreditation is an independent assessment of competences and ability to perform specific tasks in accordance with given specifications.
The international standards lay down requirements for quality management as regards:
- Responsibilities concerning forensic examinations
- Goals and responsibilities
- Organisation and management
- Quality system
- Registration and filing
- Staff
- Rooms and laboratories
- Methods
- Equipment and chemicals
- Test treatment
- Quality control
- Declarations and certificates
The Section of Forensic Pathology and Clinical Forensic Medicine is accredited and operates under a quality management system in accordance with the international standard DS/EN ISO/IEC 17020: 2012: General criteria for various types of bodies performing inspection.
The Section of Forensic Chemistry is also accredited and operates under a quality management system in accordance with the international standard DS/EN ISO/IEC 17025: 2017: General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. This second version of the standard is adapted to the international standard ISO: 9001: 2000.
Questions regarding the accreditation may be directed to Ole Ingemann Hansen, Section of Forensic Pathology, or Inge Korup, Section of Forensic Chemistry.
