Quality and safety of genetic testing in Australia and New Zealand: A review of the current regulatory framework

Goold, IL; Pearn, A; Bettiol, Silvana; Ballantyne, A

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Quality and safety of genetic testing in Australia and New Zealand: A review of the current regulatory framework

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posted on 2023-05-18, 05:31 authored by Goold, IL, Pearn, A, Silvana BettiolSilvana Bettiol, Ballantyne, A

This paper provides an overview of the regulation of quality assurance for genetic testing in Australia and New Zealand and outlines the steps currently being taken to critically appraise and improve the regulatory framework in each country. It aims to contextualize this framework within the broader context of quality and patient safety concerns; and to draw together the concerns and recommendations of the various organizations that have been working to improve quality assurance in this area.

History

Publication title

Australian Health Review

Article number

13

Number

13

ISSN

0156-5788

Department/School

Tasmanian School of Medicine

Publisher

C S I R O Publishing

Place of publication

Australia

Rights statement

Copyright 2006 The Authors-Licennced under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0),(CC BY 2.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.