Be Inspection Ready with the 2018 CAP Accreditation Checklist
The College of American Pathologists (CAP) Laboratory Accreditation Program checklists are updated regularly to keep laboratories on the forefront of the latest regulatory requirements and technologic advances to ensure accurate and reliable laboratory processes. The most recent checklist edition, published August 2018, is now in the field for CAP laboratory inspections.
What are the checklists?
- List of the requirements for the CAP's accreditation programs
- 21 different checklists focusing on different laboratory disciplines and services
- Tools used by inspectors to perform an onsite inspection
- Laboratory preparation - living blueprints to ensure quality and patient safety
- Undergo review by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services prior to publication
Major topics for the 2018 update
Laboratory General Checklist
- Document control/data preservation
- Restricted laboratory access
- Remote LIS
- Personnel
- Safety
All Common Checklist
- Activity menu
- Critical result
- New reagent lots and shipments
- LDT and class I ASR reporting
- Individualized quality control plans
Directory Assessment Checklist
Discipline Specific Checklist Changes
Take the course and obtain CE credits
Attend this basic level webinars at no cost. Cardinal Health is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program. This webinar is managed by Whitehat Communications and offer one P.A.C.E.® Continuing Education contact hour for up to six months after the live event.
One P.A.C.E.® credit is available upon completion of the course: Be Inspection Ready with the 2018 CAP Accreditation Checklist
P.A.C.E.® credits are widely recognized in the clinical laboratory profession and can be used to fulfill most continuing education requirements.
