(CAP: Northfield, IL) -- Medical laboratories and health care organizations increasingly face the challenge of needing to do more with less. Yet, the expectation of continuous high quality patient care—which includes competitively priced fees—remains high.

(ISO: Geneva) -- World Standards Day is celebrated each year on October 14 to pay tribute to the efforts of thousands of experts worldwide who collaborate within the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC),

(QuEST Forum: Plano, TX) -- QuEST Forum unveiled its second report in a series on the state of communications quality at the 2010 Americas Best Practices Conference, Sept. 21–22 in Atlanta.

(ANSI: Washington) -- Constituents looking to learn more about the voluntary consensus standards system are encouraged to take a new online course module offered by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI): An Intro

(ANSI: New York) -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has opened registration for its upcoming conference, Advancing American Competitiveness through Conformity Assessment: Legal Issues and Best Prac

(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ), the world’s largest network of quality resources and experts, will host its first social responsibility conference June 16–17, 2011, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in San Francisco.

(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- A proposed new standard being developed by ASTM International Committee F30 on emergency medical services will be useful to medical equipment manufacturers, certification agencies, and care providers, with patients being the ultimate beneficiaries.

(ANSI: New York) -- The American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) vice president for accreditation services, Lane Hallenbeck, reported recently that ANSI has seen rapid growth in interest in personnel certification program accreditation under

(STR-Registrar LLC: Stroudsburg, PA) -- STR-Registrar LLC is now offering audits to certify food companies in accordance with the voluntary Safe Quality Food (SQF) Program developed by the Safe Quality Food (SQF) Institute.

(IAS: Washington) -- International Accreditation Service (IAS) has been accepted as an accreditation body member of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF).