ISO/TS 20658:2017 PDF
Medical laboratories — Requirements for collection, transport, receipt, and handling of samples
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- Document status:
- Withdrawn
- Format:
- Electronic (PDF)
- Number of pages:
- 41
- Publication date:
- November 2, 2017
- Edition:
- ISO TS 20658 edition 1 version 1
- ICS:
- 11.100.01
ISO/TS 20658:2017 specifies requirements and good practice recommendations for the collection, transport, receipt and handling of samples intended for medical laboratory examinations. ISO/TS 20658:2017 is applicable to medical laboratories and other medical services involved in laboratory pre-examination processes that include the examination request, patient preparation and identification, sample collection, transport, receipt and storage. It may also be applicable to some biobanks. ISO/TS 20658:2017 does not apply to blood and blood products intended for transfusion.
Technical details
- Technical committee
- ISO/TC 212 - Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems
- SKU
- ISO/TS 20658:2017


