is an
international, interdisciplinary, nonprofit, standards
developing, and educational organization that promotes the
development and use of voluntary consensus standards and
guidelines within the health care community. We are
recognized worldwide for the application of our unique
consensus process in the development of standards and
guidelines for patient testing and related health care issues.
Our process is based on the principle that consensus is an
effective way to improve patient testing and health care
services.
In addition to developing and promoting the use of voluntary
consensus standards and guidelines, we provide an open and
unbiased forum to address critical issues affecting the quality
of patient testing and health care