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☼ Accreditation is both a status and a process. As a status, accreditation provides public notification that an institution or program meets standards of quality set forth by an accrediting agency. As a process, accreditation reflects the fact that in achieving recognition by the accrediting agency, the institution or program is committed to self-study and external review by one's peers in seeking not only to meet standards but to continuously seek ways in which to enhance the quality of education and training provided... Accreditation provides documentation that the laboratory has the capability and the capacity to detect, identify, and promptly report wild polioviruses and vaccine derived polioviruses (VDPV) that may be present in clinical and environmental specimens... It has been agreed throughout the world that each country will have its own accreditation body that meets the requirements of International Standard ISO/IEC 17011. The accreditation bodies evaluate each other..