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Compliance – Corporate Integrity & Ethical Standards

Guidelines and Code of Conduct

The well-being and health of people are at the heart of all medical care. This is equally true of the work carried out by MVZ GANZIMMUN GmbH. Researching, developing and providing laboratory medicine services places high demands on us. Drawing on our outstanding professional expertise, we play an important role in the medical endeavour to prevent illness, cure disease and alleviate its consequences. Treatment decisions are the sole responsibility of the attending physicians. However, such decisions would not be possible without high-quality laboratory medicine services to support them.

Abstrakte Darstellung medizinischer Symbole und eines Compliance-Icons, die für die Einhaltung von Compliance-Richtlinien im Gesundheitswesen stehen.

Guidelines

The code of conduct developed by the Medical Quality Laboratory Association [Ärztliches Qualitätslabor e.V. (ÄQL)] in conjunction with the Association of Accredited Medical Laboratories [Akkreditierte Labore in der Medizin e.V. (ALM)] and the Professional Association of German Laboratory Physicians [Berufsverband Deutscher Laborärzte e.V. (BDL)] promotes compliance with currently valid legislation in accordance with the current statutory provisions. Medical and social law, competition policy and penal laws are taken into account. The code of conduct considers collaboration between laboratories and medical practices, departments, hospitals, or other medical facilities. The code of conduct focuses on the prohibition of gratuities between the parties concerned.  It should be ensured that decisions regarding the awarding of orders for investigation are not influenced by inappropriate matters. The code of conduct was first issued by the Federal Cartel Office [Bundeskartellamt] in 2012, and the current version is still applicable as a practical guideline for laboratory managers, sales representatives and other parties.

 

Arzt im weißen Kittel im Gespräch mit einer Patientin, Dokumente liegen auf dem Tisch – Symbolbild für patientenorientierte Kommunikation unter Beachtung von Compliance-Richtlinien.

Code of Conduct

The members of the ÄQL see it as their responsibility to impart the knowledge required by industry professionals, and particularly individuals who award laboratory orders (senders), in order for them to make an informed selection from the investigational contents and investigation methods that must be borne in mind. This is accomplished by providing scientific information regarding both current and future options for obtaining diagnostic findings under development. With the objective of diligently ensuring integrity and ethically justifiable behaviour, and of substantiating the trust of market participants and the public in practices affiliated with the medical quality laboratories, the members of the ÄQL have agreed on the following code of conduct as a compliance guideline for medical laboratories.