How quality control becomes a competitive differentiator for veterinary laboratories

How quality control becomes a competitive differentiator for veterinary laboratories

How quality control becomes a competitive differentiator for veterinary laboratories

How quality control becomes a competitive differentiator for veterinary laboratories

Investing in quality reinforces trust, safety, and diagnostic accuracy for the public.

With so many veterinary laboratories in the market, how can you stand out? In an increasingly competitive landscape, the credibility of tests is essential to attract and retain clients. Veterinarians and pet owners rely on these results to make safe decisions about animal health. Quality control is the key to ensuring this safety, as well as optimizing processes and increasing operational efficiency.

Laboratories that adopt quality control practices demonstrate a commitment to analytical excellence, ensuring that their results are reliable and contribute to accurate diagnoses. This not only adds value to the laboratory’s image but also provides a relevant competitive differentiator for the audience seeking services with high safety standards.

Compliance with standards and strengthening of credibility

In addition to the commitment to analytical excellence, the implementation of quality control complies with technical and regulatory standards, such as Brazilian Resolution CFMV nº 1374/2020, which strengthens the laboratory’s credibility with the public. The excerpt from the resolution highlights:

“Art. 17. Laboratories and their branches must ensure the reliability of the laboratory services provided, through internal quality control and external quality control.”

Compliance with this legislation is not just a matter of legal adequacy, but also a way to demonstrate the seriousness and technical responsibility of the institution.

Quality control in practice: solutions for veterinary laboratories

Controllab, a leader in laboratory quality control in Latin America, offers solutions that strengthen the quality of analytical processes in veterinary laboratories, setting them apart in the market:

Proficiency Testing (External Control): Periodic external assessment to ensure the accuracy of results. By participating in an external control led by a provider recognized by ISO 17043, the laboratory follows a program aligned with international best practices. These practices ensure greater safety, helping identify errors in analyses that may impact patient reports.

Internal Control: Continuous monitoring to identify and correct routine errors. By integrating internal control into analytical processes, the laboratory ensures consistency of results, keeping variability under control and preventing deviations related to batch changes, reagent and calibrator stability. Additionally, this practice strengthens the monitoring of processes by the team.

Instrument Calibration: Verification to prevent measurement errors. This process ensures that the instrument’s performance aligns with expected standards and is suitable for use, preventing deviations in analysis processes. Furthermore, it contributes to cost reduction, increased productivity, and avoids rework.

Additionally, users of Controllab’s quality control programs have access to periodic educational questionnaires and other free initiatives that empower professionals and help improve their laboratory practices.

Investing in quality control with Controllab demonstrates the laboratory’s commitment to its audience, ensuring trust, safety, and excellence in results. This means:

Veterinarians are more confident in making clinical decisions.
Pet owners feel secure when receiving accurate diagnoses for their animals.
Patients are treated with precision and safety.

By offering high-quality analyses, your laboratory strengthens its position in the market, gains trust in the sector, and differentiates itself from the competition.

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Raise the standard of your laboratory and showcase the excellence of your results to your audience.

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Certified Reference Material Producer

Accredited by Coordenação-Geral de Acreditação do Inmetro

Controllab has been accredited as a Certified Reference Material (CRM) Producer since 2016 by Cgcre, under number PMR 0009. The conformity assessment is carried out in accordance with the requirements established in ABNT NBR ISO 17034 and Inmetro standards, ensuring competence for the production of CRMs, as defined in the Scope of Accreditation.

This accreditation attests to Controllab’s technical competence in producing CRMs according to international requirements and enables it to be recognized in other countries, under mutual recognition agreements, thereby reducing technical barriers between Brazil and other countries across continents.

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Cgcre is signatory to the Mutual Recognition Arrangements of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and Interamerican Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC).

CAL 0214

Calibration Laboratory

Accredited by Coordenação-Geral de Acreditação do Inmetro

In December 2002, the Calibration Laboratory was accredited by Cgcre. With this recognition, it became part of the Brazilian network of accredited laboratories, under number 214. Since then, it has been periodically evaluated for the maintenance and/or extension of its accreditation.

The Inmetro seal attests to Controllab’s technical competence, credibility, and operational capability for calibration services, in accordance with the requirements of ABNT NBR ISO/IEC 17025.

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Proficiency Test Provider

Accredited by Coordenação-Geral de Acreditação do Inmetro

In September 2011, Controllab was accredited by Cgcre as a proficiency test provider, under nº PEP0003. Initially as part of a pilot project by Inmetro, this accreditation was based on ILAC G13: 2007 and included several clinical and hemotherapy tests. In the periodic evaluations of this accreditation, new segments and tests are included and the evaluation is now conducted according to ABNT NBR ISO/IEC 17043.

This accreditation attests to Controllab’s technical competence to develop and conduct proficiency tests in accordance with international requirements and enables it to be recognized in other countries, in accordance with mutual recognition agreements signed by Brazil in Mercosur, the Americas and Europe.

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Cgcre is signatory to the Mutual Recognition Arrangements of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and Interamerican Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC).