Accreditation
IHBT regularly undergoes accreditation process with Czech and foreign auditors. This process helps create an environment of maximum quality and safety and thus achieve maximum results in the provided care.
Joint Commission International (JCI) Quality Certificate
Joint Commission International (JCI) is an independent international organization with fifty years of experience in accrediting healthcare facilities. It evaluates the quality management and safety system of healthcare services according to international standards. These standards establish procedures in the field of patient care. First and foremost, it is about access to care and its continuity, examination and treatment of patients, respect for their rights, but also about lifelong education of healthcare workers. The standards also provide rules for hospital operations and quality management, patient and employee safety, information protection, staff qualifications and prevention of hospital infections. The JCI international quality certificate is awarded for 3 years, and the healthcare facility must be re-examined before the end of the three-year accreditation period.
IHBT received the award from the prestigious accreditation agency in 2007 (as the third Czech facility) and defends it at three-year intervals according to accreditation rules. Most recently, JCI accreditation was defended in 2025 (Certificate of Accreditation Award). IHBT is the only holder of this certification in the Czech Republic.
Quality Certificate of the Joint Accreditation Commission (SAK)
The Joint Accreditation Commission (SAK) carries out accreditation of healthcare facilities in the form of external quality assessment in healthcare, which is directly or indirectly related to patient care. The aim of SAK accreditation is the continuous improvement of the quality and safety of health care. Quality assessment is carried out by assessing the compliance of processes taking place in the healthcare facility with accreditation standards. Accreditation surveys are conducted by SAK auditors, who are doctors, non-medical healthcare workers and administrators in healthcare and is conducted according to the so-called Ranger methodology – it assesses whether care for auditors selected patients is carried out in accordance with the facility's internal regulations, or in accordance with SAK accreditation standards. SAK accreditation is granted for a period of three years. The last accreditation survey in IHBT was successfully conducted in 2023 (Certificate of Accreditation Award).
JACIE Certification
The Joint Accreditation Committee of ISCT-Europe & EBMT (JACIE) is the only official accreditation body in Europe for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and cell therapy. It supports high-quality patient care and medical and laboratory practice through professional voluntary certification.
IHBT has voluntarily committed to JACIE professional standards and as a center of excellence with its own research activities closely related to the provided health care, in 2025 obtained for the second time the status of a certified transplant center (for the period 15.4.2025 to 14.4.2029). This fact facilitates participation in international clinical trials that bring medical research findings into clinical practice (Certificate of Accreditation Award).
European federation for immunogenetics (EFI)
European federation for immunogenetics (EFI) is an international professional association that aims to support the development of immunogenetics in medicine and research. It mediates not only the exchange of information, but also contributes to the dissemination of skills and knowledge among professionals in this field (immunogenetics, histocompatibility testing, transplant medicine). Based on professional discussion, it issues and regularly updates recommendations for standardization of methods, quality control and professional criteria for accreditation, the implementation of which it assesses during an accreditation survey.
Czech Institute for Accreditation, Public Benefit Company (ČIA o.p.s.)
The Czech Institute for Accreditation, Public Benefit Company (ČIA o.p.s.), is the National Accreditation Body established by the Czech government, which provides its services in accordance with applicable legal regulations in all areas of accreditation to both state and private entities. The principle of a unified European accreditation system formed by national accreditation bodies that operate according to unified rules and accredit according to defined internationally recognized standards stems from the approach specified by the EU in the Global Approach to Testing and Certification.
In accordance with the requirements of international standards and ČIA documents, impartial, objective and independent assessment of competence is conducted for:
- Testing and calibration laboratories (ČSN EN ISO/IEC 17025)
- Healthcare laboratories (ČSN EN ISO 15189)
Laboratory Accreditations
Complement Laboratory of IHBT
Continuously defends independent and impartial assessment of professional competence of the Complement Laboratory according to the standard ČSN EN ISO 15189, whose application is verified by the Czech Institute for Accreditation. Examination methods within the scope of accreditation are defined in the Annex to the Certificate of Accreditation.
NRL for DNA Diagnostics
Accredited by the Czech Institute for Accreditation (ČIA o.p.s.) according to the standard ČSN EN ISO/IEC 17025 Conformity assessment – General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories (since 2002).
HLA Department
Accredited since 2007 according to the professional standards Standards for Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics Testing of the international organization European Federation for Immunogenetics (EFI)