Background:

the implementation of a quality management system based on the NC standard: ISO 9001 entails the establishment of metrology as a guarantee of the reliability quality of its measuring equipments.

Objective:

to demonstrate the importance of metrology assurance for the implementation of a quality management system.

Methods:

a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out at the Center of Immunology and Biological Products of the Camagüey University of Medical Sciences, from January 2014 to May 2018.

Results:

according to the first metrological survey none of the instruments had been verified, there was an underreporting in 2014, in 2017 the number of registered instruments in the university was increased, during the study the verification plan was updated and most of the measuring instruments were verified. It was found that there is a need of a budget allocation for the acquisition of some of the lacking instruments.

Conclusions:

the diagnosis made as part of the metrology assurance allowed to know the actual situation of the measuring instruments in the Center of Immunology and Biological Products and to verify an important number of them.

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