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5 hours Continuing Professional Development

Attendees gained practical insight into applying ISO 22367 and strengthening risk management across clinical laboratory services. This workshop explored the standards landscape, proactive risk management, risk tools and how risk-based approaches can support quality, safety and patient care. Key learning outcomes included:

Exploring how international standards can support effective laboratory risk management in everyday practice
Clarifying what has changed in the standards landscape and why this matters for clinical laboratories
Understanding how ISO 22367 can be used within the laboratory quality management system to strengthen risk-based approaches
Describing risk management activities clearly and consistently in everyday laboratory practice
Recognising foreseeable risk and understanding how it links to quality, safety and improvement
Planning, documenting and conducting proactive risk analysis to identify and manage risks earlier
Reviewing how to evaluate and control risk more effectively within the laboratory setting
Using informative annexes, risk tools and risk acceptability criteria to strengthen risk management practice
Understanding why benefit-risk analysis is important for quality, safety and patient care
Taking away practical learning to embed risk management into everyday laboratory practice

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Would you like to attend this course?

Please contact us, we would be pleased to let you know if we have any future dates coming up.

This course is available for in-house training

If you would like to run this course live for your team, it may be available as a bespoke course to teams of 25 people or more. Please do contact us if you would like this training delivered exclusively to your team, with the content developed to drill into the specific needs of your service.

Please contact:

Sarah Kemm

Production Lead

sarah.kemm@sbk-healthcare.co.uk

	Introduction, instructions and course leader’s opening remarks David Ricketts, Managing Director, David Ricketts Consultancy Limited
What standards are there to help with risk management
	What has changed and why Discussing how international standards can help with risk management How standards such as ISO 22367 can provide valid information Why is ISO15189 not a normative reference, and is this important Can companion documents support the risk requirements of ISO15189:2022
	Questions, answers and discussion with David Ricketts
Using ISO 22367 as part of the laboratory’s quality management system
	The risk management process What is meant by the risk management process How to describe the risk management activities What is meant by the concept of foreseeable risk and why is it important How management of risk can link to opportunity
	Questions, answers and discussion with David Ricketts
Risk management
	Understand what is meant by proactive risk management How to plan for proactive risk management The documentation requirements for proactive risk management How to conduct proactive risk analysis Review how to evaluate risk and control risk
	Questions, answers and discussion with David Ricketts
Informative annexes and why they add value to the risk process
	Understand the information in the informative annexes and how these can help strengthen the management system How to implement risk management in the management system What needs to be considered when establishing risk acceptability criteria What risk tools should you consider Why is a benefit-risk analysis important in the laboratory
	Questions, answers and discussion with David Ricketts
	Close of day

Your expert workshop leader:

Drawing on decades of experience in laboratory quality management, accreditation and process improvement, David Ricketts will share practical insights into how clinical laboratories can strengthen and embed risk management within everyday practice.

David Ricketts

Managing Director

David Ricketts Consultancy Limited