{"id":1151,"date":"2024-02-01T11:48:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T10:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cqssalud.com\/cqs-designated-eu-reference-laboratory\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T14:16:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T12:16:14","slug":"cqs-designated-eu-reference-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cqssalud.com\/en\/cqs-designated-eu-reference-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"CQS, designated EU Reference Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Consulting Quimico Sanitario (CQS) celebrates its twentieth anniversary in the best possible way, as on 6 December 2023 it was designated as a European Union Reference Laboratory (EURL) in the field of in vitro type D medical devices. The publication of the<a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/ES\/TXT\/PDF\/?uri=OJ:L_202302713\"> European Commission&#8217;s Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023\/2713<\/a> is a designation that follows the line of innovation and leadership that for CQS meant being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cqssalud.com\/laboratorio\/calidad-enac\/\">the first private clinical laboratory in Spain to be accredited by ENAC.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>The CQS team is very proud of this designation, of being the only private laboratory to have achieved this European milestone, and of being able to contribute to a European Health Union that, in the words of the European Commission, should enable all EU countries to prepare for and respond together to health crises, as well as to have innovative and reliable medical supplies.<\/p>\r\n<p>What is the purpose of the European Reference Laboratories?<\/p>\r\n<p>With the designation of the five EURLs,<sup data-fn=\"85279e0a-b1d7-4ab6-be9b-83be059e0fb8\"><a id=\"85279e0a-b1d7-4ab6-be9b-83be059e0fb8-link\" href=\"#85279e0a-b1d7-4ab6-be9b-83be059e0fb8\">1<\/a><\/sup> the European Commission aims to ensure that the placing on the EU market, marketing and putting into service of in vitro diagnostic medical devices for human use takes place with full health and quality assurance for EU citizens.<\/p>\r\n<p>Designation<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The designation of CQS as an EURL occurs in two categories of Class D medical devices: (i) products intended for the detection or quantification of herpesvirus markers; and (ii) products for the detection and quantification of markers of bacterial infections. Products for which CQS will be responsible include<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Verification of the manufacturer&#8217;s declared performance and compliance with the common specifications.\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>The analysis of samples or batches.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Scientific advice to selected European and national institutions.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Recommendation on reference materials and measurement procedures.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Process<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The appointment was the culmination of a long and extremely demanding process. CQS has had to accredit the knowledge and experience of its staff; the necessary equipment and reference materials; integration and compliance with international standards and best practices; economic viability outside the EURL network; and professional independence.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this sense, the significant previous experience in Spanish and European R&amp;D&amp;I projects, the high capacity of our team and the advanced technical means at our disposal, as well as our comprehensive commitment to quality in healthcare environments (including our own software solutions such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cqssalud.com\/en\/smartqms\/\">SmartQMS<\/a>) have been our best letter of introduction.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. EU Referenzlabor f\u00fcr In-vitro-Diagnostika am Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (ALE); Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ESP); Consorcio gestionado por el Servicio Madrile\u00f1o de Salud (Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Mara\u00f1\u00f3n, Hospital Universitario la Paz and Hospital Universitario Ram\u00f3n y Cajal) (ESP); Consulting Qu\u00edmico Sanitario SLU (ESP); and RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB (SUE).<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CQS celebrates its 20th anniversary in the best possible way, as on 6 December 2023 it was designated EURL laboratory in the field of in vitro D-type medical devices&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,48,49],"tags":[50,52,51,54,53],"class_list":["post-1151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cqs-en","category-health","category-lab-en","tag-eurl-en-2","tag-european-reference-laboratory","tag-medical-devices-en","tag-quality-en","tag-smartqms-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqssalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqssalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqssalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqssalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqssalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1151"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqssalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1163,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqssalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151\/revisions\/1163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqssalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqssalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqssalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqssalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}