Medical biology

These assessments are carried out as part of self-inspection or accreditation.

They enable to cover some of the requirements of ISO 15189 accreditation "Medical laboratories - Requirements for quality and competence" in accordance with the standard scopes for accreditation of medical biology examinations.

• Synthetic urine
• Synthetic stool
• Human blood
• Synthetic Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
• Synthetic sputum
• Solutions contaminated with bacterial strains

A wide range of cytology and bacteriology tests are available, including:

• Cytobacteriological examination of urine (ECBU) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
• Sputum bacteriology
• Detection of urinary legionella or pneumococcal antigens
• Blood culture, bacteraemia and fungaemia
• Detection of streptococcus B
• Microscopic examinations (Gram stain)
• Antibiotic susceptibility testing by diffusion

• Since its creation, AGLAE has specialised in interlaboratory tests for microbiological analyses.
• External Quality Assessments have been provided in the field of medical biology for over 10 years (introduced in 2012).
• AGLAE provides quality control materials close to patient samples.
• The assessments are drawn up in consultation with experts in the field (private- medical biology laboratories and hospitals).
• A systematic comparison of analytical practices (different automated systems, culture media, reference systems) is carried out and the reports are personalised with the results of the laboratories for a large number of these assessments.

AGLAE can also improve the quality of your measurements in the following areas:

• water microbiology (including legionella, pathogenic staphylococci)
• water for medical use (microbiological analyses of water used in dialysis, endoscopes, etc.).

See all  AGLAE's tests