Harmonization of anti-doping rules in a global context (World Anti-Doping Agencylaboratory accreditation perspective) / Vicoria Ivanova, John H.M. Miller, Olivier Rabin, Alan Squirrell, Steven Westwood. – (Bioanaysis 4 (2012) 13 (July) : p. 1603-1611)
- PMID: 22831476
- DOI: 10.4155/bio.12.152
Contents:
- World Anti-Doping Agency & global set of anti-doping rules
• Creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency
- Establishment of global anti-doping rules
• World Anti-Doping Code: set of rules for the sports movement
- UNESCO International convention against Doping in Sport: set of rules for governments
- WADA laboratory accreditation as part of WADA’s global responsibility in the fight against doping in sport
• Normative base of WADA accreditation
• Network of WADA-accredited laboratories
- WADA’s role in harmonizing laboratory performance & maintaining quality of analyses
• WADA EQAS
• LabEG
- Cooperation with international organizations
• Cooperation with ILAC
• Cooperation with other entities
- Future perspective
This article provides a review of the leading role of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in the context of the global fight against doping in sport and the harmonization of anti-doping rules worldwide through the implementation of the World Anti-Doping Program. Particular emphasis is given to the WADA-laboratory accreditation program, which is coordinated by the Science Department of WADA in conjunction with the Laboratory Expert Group, and the cooperation with the international accreditation community through International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation and other organizations, all of which contribute to constant improvement of laboratory performance in the global fight against doping in sport. A perspective is provided of the means to refine the existing anti-doping rules and programs to ensure continuous improvement in order to face growing sophisticated challenges.
