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.