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Global Awareness-raising Campaign on Laundry Detergent Capsules/packets
Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
The Latvian Presidency of the Council will take place during the first half of 2015. Latvia will take over the Presidency from Italy and pass it to Luxembourg.
Read more >>15 October – Global Hand-washing Day
Marking the Global Hand-washing Day, experts of the Health Inspectorate remind about the importance of personal hygiene in educational establishments.
Read more >>Medical tourism
Like other countries, Latvia also has health care providers offering health care services to medical tourists. One of the requirements for medical tourism service providers is registration in the Registry of Medical Institutions. Such registration ensures that medical institution is working in compliance with legislation of the Republic of Latvia and is duly supervised by the Health Inspectorate.
Read more >>Agreed action from EU Member States on the status of general purpose automatic pipettes and pipette tips
A corrective action concerning the status of automatic pipettes and pipette tips for general laboratory use has been agreed within the Conformity and Enforcement (COEN) group, in order to have a harmonised European implementation of the provisions of the Directive 98/79/EC.
Read more >>The Health Inspectorate of the Republic of Latvia is the Competent Authority in Latvia to which the serious undesirable effects (SUEs) of cosmetics should be notified.
Developing a Quality Management System for the Latvian Health Inspectorate
On 16 February 2011 Latvian Health Inspectorate presented a webinar Developing a Quality Management System for the Latvian Health Inspectorate.
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