Good professional practice

One of the most important roles of the IBMS as a professional body is the development and monitoring of professional standards of practice to protect patients and to support the progress of biomedical science.

To help with decision-making, leadership and safe effective practice biomedical scientists, like other professionals, require and expect expert guidance from their professional body. Good professional practice outlines how, as a profession, biomedical science can aim to provide the highest quality of service. It defines the level of practice expected from biomedical scientists and their duty of care to patients as well as their responsibilities to fellow scientists, other healthcare professionals and the profession itself.

Good Professional Practice for Biomedical Scientists summarises current regulations and guidance relating to laboratory medicine, provides information on generic requirements set by regulation and clarifies how these relate to biomedical science.

The IBMS has updated this version to account for changes and reform that have influenced and impacted on the profession in the last couple of years. However, many of these changes are still ongoing while there are a number of reports to be published in the near-future that will also affect concepts and standards outlined in GPP. The IBMS will therefore be further considering and consulting on GPP and will be releasing a final updated version in early 2011.

The interim version was developed by all the IBMS standing committees and advisory panels. It was also put out to consultation with IBMS member between 10 June 2008 and Friday 15 August 2008 and comments received contributed to the development of this version.

Good Professional Practice for Biomedical Scientists (interim version 2010)

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