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ISO 15189:2022: The UKAS transition process
Exclusively, in this webinar, hear from the ISO 15189:2022 standard’s writer, a UKAS assessor and a senior medical laboratorian as they shed light on the ISO 15189:2022 revision journey so far.
Join David Ricketts, who was part of the ISO 15189:2022 revision drafting team; Alyson Bryant, Healthcare Accreditation specialist at UKAS and Debra Padgett, Clinical Pathology Service Manager at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and former President of the Institute of Biomedical Science.
Key takeaways:
- UKAS transition update - lessons learnt so far
- The technical bulletin: Gap analysis and closing the gap
- Our experts will share their assessment and learnings
Risk assessment
- How is the new risk-based management approach being perceived and put into practice?
- Our experts will share their assessment and learnings
Patient safety
- The standard highlights the importance of risk identification and management, encourages continuous improvement and puts the patient at its center.
- Discussion on how labs are encouraged to look at every part of the standard and their processes through the lens “how could this affect the patient”
- Our experts will share their assessment and learnings
Point-of-care-testing
- The advent of ISO 15189:2022 replaced ISO 22870 as an international standard, as of December 2025.
Al Bryant is the UKAS Healthcare Accreditation Specialist, leading on technical competence and stakeholder engagement across the Healthcare portfolio, including physiological science services, imaging services and medical laboratory services.
Al has worked at UKAS for nearly 9 years, starting as an assessment manager during the CPA-ISO 15189 transition project. Prior to UKAS, Al worked as a Biomedical Scientist in NHS Cellular Pathology departments for 15 years.
Al works with Healthcare stakeholders UK-wide, including the IBMS, the RCPath, BIVDA and NHS representatives from all four UK nations, as well as representing UKAS and the UK on national and international Accreditation and Standardisation committees.
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