The Biobank of the Andalusian health system renews its commitment to quality
It has once again received the AENOR certification that validates the excellent conditions of its management system
The Biobank of the Public Health System of Andalusia has renewed the certificate that accredits the excellent conditions of its quality management system according to the ISO 9001:2015 standard on quality management system requirements. This accreditation is extended to all its provincial nodes, with the incorporation for the first time of the Cádiz node.
The audit carried out highlights the commitment and excellence of this Andalusian healthcare network structure to offer a quality service to its users. In this sense, the evaluation has focused on determining the conformity of the organization's management system with the audit criteria; assess that it complies with applicable legal, regulatory and contractual requirements; and, finally, determine the effectiveness of the management system to ensure good service to its users.
The certification obtained covers different aspects of the Biobank management system of the Public Health System of Andalusia, such as the provision of services for the provision, custody and processing of blood products or derivatives, tissues, substances or biological samples of human origin, and lines of human pluripotent stem cells, for use in research and teaching; technical advice on management of human samples for research; the design and delivery of training in the area of biomedical research; and the Registry of donors of biological samples for biomedical research. In addition, the coordination node reinforces all the work of the Biobank, including in its scope the coordination of the Biobank of the Public Health System of Andalusia and all its nodes in its research area.
This certification represents recognition of the maturity and effectiveness of its quality management system, and confirms its willingness to develop in a line of progress to provide a more adjusted response every day to the expectations of researchers and users of the public health system. .
The SSPA Biobank has been increasing its activity progressively since the moment of its creation. Since 2020, it has received 10,514 new donors with oncological, infectious and parasitic diseases, mental, cardiovascular, respiratory, genitourinary diseases,... and healthy patients who are used as controls. These new donors have given rise to 37,225 donations that have involved 100,887 samples used in research and teaching projects.
Parallel to the activity of the Biobank, the number of people registered in the Andalusian Registry of Sample Donors for Biomedical Research has also been growing, which today reaches 2,811 registered.