INAB Medical Advisory Committee

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Date: 28 June 2010

Establishment and purpose

The Committee has been established by the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB), for the sole purpose of offering advice to the INAB Executive on issues of principal importance in the accreditation medical field. This will be primarily in the field of medical laboratory accreditation to ISO 15189 and may expand to other areas of INAB accreditation relevant to the medical sector.

Meetings

The Committee had its first meeting on the 9th March 2010 at INAB Headquarters in Dublin. The next meetings will take place in June and October 2010.

Committee Membership

The members shall be nominated by interested parties for a period of 3 years with the possibility of reappointment. The membership shall include representatives of the end users of the accreditation scheme.

The composition of the INAB Medical Advisory Committee is as follows:

Chairperson: Dr. Cor de Ruiter
Previous lead and technical assessor from the Accreditation Body in the Netherlands,RvA.
Ms. Marie O’Mahony
Accreditation Officer, Irish National Accreditation Board.
Ms. Orla Ivers
Project Executive, Irish National Accreditation Board.
Dr Andrew Hodgson
Consultant Haematologist & INAB Board member, Sligo General Hospital.
Dr Patrick Hayden
Consultant Haematologist, St James Hospital.
Professor Martin Cormican
Consultant Microbiologist, Galway University Hospital.
Ms. Denise O'Neill
Quality Manager, the Mater Hospital.
Dr Vincent Tormey
Consultant Immunologist, Galway University Hospital.
Dr Mike Louw
Consultant Clinical Chemist, Claymon Biomnis Laboratories Ltd.
Dr Michael Jeffers
Consultant Histopathologist, Adelaide & Meath Hospital.
Mr. Tom Moloney
Joint Working Group on Accreditation

INAB Medical Advisory Committee