Arturo Manlio Terrés Speziale MD

Clinical Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

aterres@qualitat.cc

http://www.qualitat.cc/

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Born in Mexico City. February 20, 1953.

Graduated at the Faculty of Medicine UNAM. Revalidated by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates. Philadelphia USA. Specialty in Clinical

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. CMN-IMSS-UNAM. Certificate by Clinical Pathology National Board. Postgraduate thesis dealt on Septicaemia, Blood Culture

and Mechanisms of Resistance to Antibiotics. Revalidated Postgraduate studies by National Board of Medical Examiners. Philadelphia USA. Training Courses at

Max Finland Institute, Boston Massachusetts, Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota and Baylor University Medical Centre Dallas, Texas. Including Diplomas on Strategic

Management of Health Services, Quality Assurance and Accreditation (JCAH), Advanced Six Sigma Biostatistics, Reengineering, Analytical Quality Control, Informatics

and Telematics, among other.

Founder of the Clinical Laboratory and the Blood Bank as well as the Specialty and the Pathology Division at The American British Cowdray Hospital, recognized by

COMPAC & UNAM. Former Director and Advisor of several National Clinical Laboratories including Hospitals, Reference Laboratories and Private Laboratories as

well as Research and Development Advisor of several Transnational Companies of Diagnostics and Health Informatics. Leading member of the Coordinating Group

the Mexican Program for Certification of Clinical Laboratories that gave rise to the Official Mexican Standard NOM-166. Collaborator on "Quality Improvement

of Clinical Laboratories of Latin America" project developed by AMBC-IFCC-COLABIOCLI-PAHO.

Member of the Technology Committee of NCCLS-USA. Has represented WASPaLM at PAHO collaborating in the promotion of het Ethics Code for Clinical

Laboratories of Latin America. Coordinator of the Quality Improvement Program for Clinical Laboratories in Latin America to which gave rise to PROMECAL

GUIDE 2013:001 of ALAPAC / ML.

Awarded with the National Research Prize "Dr. Luis Rodríguez Villa "in 1991, 1994,1997.  Author and Co-Author of three books and more than one hundred scientific

articles published in national and international medical journals. Editor of Anales Médicos del Hospital ABC 1989-1992. Co-Editor of the Latin American Journal of

Clinical Pathology. Has lectured innumerable courses and conferences inside and outside the Mexico.

Currently holds the position of General Director & Chief Executive Officer of the External Quality Assessment Scheme www.qualitat.cc recognized by the Mexican

Accreditation Entity AC on ISO /IEC 17043: 2023 Standard, serving 1,500 laboratories through 6,000 programs throughout Mexico.

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

BIOETHICS AND MEDICAL RELEVANCE FOR CLINICAL LABORATORIES

PROMECAL IS A PROBONO: Educational, Non Profit, Voluntary Program for Clinical Laboratories willing

 to participate, solving the inherent problem of unaffordable costs of Accreditation and Certification Programs.

The central feature of this program is that it provides sustention to be treated on the basis of a principle of

suitability and competition, in order to be carried out exclusively among peer connoisseurs,

between authentic Clinical Laboratory Professionals.

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DESCRIPTION

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PROMECAL arises on the principles of bioethical and medical relevance with extensive knowledge and

experience on Clinical Laboratory Science, providing two basic tools.

1. 2013.001 GUIDELINE: Guide for Clinical Laboratory Quality: Bioethics and Medical Relevance.

2. 2013.001 CHECKLIST: Audit For Analysis Of Clinical Laboratories, Bioethics, Quality, and Medical Relevance.

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SCOPE AND PURPOSE

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The Guideline for Clinical Laboratory: Bioethics, Quality and Medical Relevance has great

importance since it summarizes the specifications that must be met for the organization and operation of the

Medical Laboratories under PROMECAL. The Guide was developed based on five basic references, five

premises, and an accurate glossary.

FUNDAMENTS

1. MEDICAL RELEVANCE

2. FITNESS

3. DICHOTOMY

4. AUDIT

5. RECOGNITION

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PROMECAL has this internet support where you will find several

freely available tools including:

1. AUDIT: STRUCTURE, PROCESS AND PERFORMANCE

2. MEDICAL RELEVANCE EXERCISES

3. DIPLOMA ON BIOETHICS, QUALITY AND MEDICAL RELEVANCE

4. IMPROVEMENT PLAN

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CONCLUSION

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Our Mission is to collaborate with Clinical Laboratory Professionals reliably; detecting and exploiting

improvement opportunities, providing a comprehensive system including planning, organization

development and control through training Programs, counseling and assistance using the latest

technology with effectiveness in order to be capable to continually improve the quality

and opportunity in decision-making, to ensure that participants report reliable results that

minimize risks and costs for the benefit of their patients and customers.