(In)Definitions on the laboratorial component of sanitary surveillance in Brazil

Authors

  • André Luís Gemal Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (IQ/UFRJ) Author
  • Claudia Regina Rodrigues Ribeiro Teixeira Fundação Oswaldo Cruz/INCQS Author
  • Eduardo Hage Carmo Ministério da Saúde, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde Author
  • Nery Cunha Vital Fundação Ezequiel Dias (FUNED) Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22239/2317-269X.00772

Keywords:

Sanitary Surveillance, INCQS, Anvisa, Control Laboratory, Sanitary Legislation

Abstract

The article seeks to present the formation of the laboratory of sanitary surveillance in Brazil from the creation of the Central Laboratory of Control of Drugs and Medications (LCCDM), in 1954. The changes produced with the transformation of the same in the National Institute of Health Quality Control (INCQS), in 1981, and later, with the creation of the National Agency of Sanitary Surveillance (Anvisa), in 1999. Organizational changes and their impact on the analytical control of the sanitary risk of the offered products for the population are also discussed.

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Author Biography

  • Claudia Regina Rodrigues Ribeiro Teixeira, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz/INCQS
    História da Saúde. Vigilância Sanitária

Published

2016-11-25

How to Cite

(In)Definitions on the laboratorial component of sanitary surveillance in Brazil. (2016). Health Surveillance under Debate: Society, Science & Technology , 4(4), 5-12. https://doi.org/10.22239/2317-269X.00772

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