About us

INSTAND International is distributing EQA Schemes globally as a subsidiary of INSTAND e.V. and is based in Germany.

INSTAND e.V. is an interdisciplinary, non-profit, scientific-medical professional association designated by the German Medical Association as a reference institution for medical laboratories‘ quality control. INSTAND is based in Germany and has more than 300 members worldwide. INSTAND is a member of many national and international professional societies and standardization committees at DIN, CEN, and ISO. INSTAND‘s excellent global scientific network is a valuable tool to draw upon for research projects for quality assurance.

 

Corporate Culture

Mission

We promote quality in medical laboratories by offering a wide range of external quality control and continuous education.

Vision

Our vision is to improve the reliability of measurement results in medical laboratories worldwide.

Values

Our values form the basis for our corporate culture and describe who we are, what we stand for, and how we operate.

customer oriented
quality conscious
innovative
independent
scientific
customer oriented

We offer our diverse participants a comprehensive program and individual laboratory medical support from competent and reliable experts. We promote direct communication with our team of experts and guarantee the transparency of our processes.

quality conscious

By actively promoting quality improvement in medical laboratory diagnostics, we help improve patient care. As an accredited organization, we continuously strive to offer new proficiency testing programs and high-quality control samples.

innovative

We continuously align our EQA schemes with new scientific findings in laboratory medicine, changing laboratory techniques, and laboratories’ resulting needs worldwide. We continue to invest in expanding our training and education program and in the modernization of our processes.

independent

Our goal is the consistent improvement of the quality of analytics in medical laboratories independent of commercial interests. This independent and external review of the quality of laboratories guarantees the well-being of patients.

scientific

With our unique network of experts, we are permanently increasing our scientific activities worldwide. We continuously expand our EQA portfolio and improve our processes. We place a particular focus on medical research and training in quality improvement in medical laboratories.