1 Scope
This Technical Specification is intended for
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— IVD medical device manufacturers, medical laboratories, and research and development laboratories that develop nucleic acid-based qualitative in vitro diagnostic examination procedures for the detection and identification of microbial pathogens in human specimens, and
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— medical laboratories that perform nucleic acid-based in vitro diagnostic examinations for the detection and identification of microbial pathogens in human specimens.
This part of ISO/TS 17822 does not apply to
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— nucleic acid-based examinations that are not intended for in vitro diagnostic use, or
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— quantitative nucleic acid-based in vitro diagnostic examination procedures.