Singapore legislation

Regulation 54

of Healthcare Services (Nuclear Medicine Service) Regulations 2023

Regulation 54

Acceptance and rejection of specimens

A licensee must have in place policies and processes to govern the acceptance of specimens and the handling of rejected specimens that include all of the following:

(a)

clear criteria for the acceptance and rejection of specimens for traceability, quality and safety reasons;

(b)

how rejected specimens are to be handled;

(c)

documentation of the reason or reasons for rejecting a specimen.