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West M, Ebey B, Wobb D, Woods M, Holtwick JJ, Meyer LS, Clark KS. Implementing a standardized POCT coagulation system. MLO: MEDICAL LABORATORY OBSERVER 2001; 33:28-30, 32, 37. [PMID: 11424286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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Lee-Lewandrowski E, Lewandrowski K. Regulatory compliance for point-of-care testing. A perspective from the United States (Circa 2000). Clin Lab Med 2001; 21:241-53, vii. [PMID: 11396081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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Regulatory guidelines concerning point-of-care testing have had a major impact on the development and evolution of these technologies. Beginning with mandates under CLIA '88, hospital accreditation organizations have developed guidelines for the management of point-of-care testing to ensure quality testing. Over the past decade, most hospitals have learned to manage these new technologies as part of the laboratory quality assurance program. Issues concerning regulatory compliance continue to influence the development and use of point-of-care technologies providing opportunity for continuous quality improvement and improved patient care.
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Point-of-care testing (POCT), ancillary testing, bedside testing, and near patient testing all refer to the same thing--a form of testing that enables caregivers to determine results of lab tests at the bedside or near a patient on the floor. Performance of this type of testing has increased dramatically in the past several years. Why? There are several reasons. First, many clinicians want results Stat. They want to know immediately where the patient stands as far as blood glucose results, electrolytes, pregnancy tests, hematocrits, and ACTs, to name just a few. Physicians and nurses want to be able to make decisions quickly based on patient results and do not want to have to wait for the answers. Second, many vendors have been releasing better, simpler, more efficient devices that meet the needs of the caregiver by providing lab results in a timely manner. Third, regulatory bodies are recognizing and embracing this type of testing and are creating more complex checklists for compliance when performing these tests. This article focuses on the regulatory component of POCT to educate and familiarize individuals with an overview of the regulatory/accrediting bodies enforcing compliance in the hospital setting.
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van den Ouweland AM, Scheffer H. [Quality control of DNA testing in hereditary diseases]. NEDERLANDS TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR GENEESKUNDE 2001; 145:125-9. [PMID: 11206122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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The laboratories performing diagnostic studies regarding hereditary diseases and the specialists providing hereditary counselling are housed in clinical genetic centres. The laboratories are subject to the Special Medical Performances Act and have had licenses from the Ministry. The DNA diagnostic laboratories united in the National Committee on DNA Diagnostics, engaged among other things in quality control. The large number of tests requested and the dramatic consequences for the patient and his relatives necessitate high quality standards. The laboratories made a division of labour for analysis of most disorders, in order to acquire and maintain expertise in spite of rarity of most hereditary diseases. For adequate handling of requests for DNA diagnostic tests, it is important that the patient material be sent directly to the laboratory specialized in the disorders in question, for the request form to be filled out completely and for the patient data to be stated on the blood tube. A regularly updated review of the DNA diagnostics in the Netherlands can be found on the website: http://www.unimaas.nl/ approximately LOD/lod.htm. This list indications per centre and information such as required material and maximal results deadlines.
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Schmid I, Kunkl A, Nicholson JK. Biosafety considerations for flow cytometric analysis of human immunodeficiency virus-infected samples. CYTOMETRY 1999; 38:195-200. [PMID: 10516605 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0320(19991015)38:5<195::aid-cyto1>3.0.co;2-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Berger D. A brief history of medical diagnosis and the birth of the clinical laboratory. Part 3--Medicare, government regulation, and competency certification. MLO: MEDICAL LABORATORY OBSERVER 1999; 31:40-2, 44. [PMID: 11184277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Freeman KP, Evans EW, Lester S. Quality control for in-hospital veterinary laboratory testing. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1999; 215:928-9. [PMID: 10511853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Pelnier I, Prevosto JM, Dusseau JY, Cheminel V, Renard C, Thefenne H, Thual A, Chaulet JF. [Hygiene and security in laboratory: examples of actions led in quality assurance process]. Ann Biol Clin (Paris) 1999; 57:619-26. [PMID: 10518067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Ringel M, Gryniewski K, Pfohl S. How financial executives view their hospital labs. MLO: MEDICAL LABORATORY OBSERVER 1999; 31:16-7, 20, 23-5. [PMID: 10621382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Queen D. Crisis prevention and damage control: managing whistle-blowers. MLO: MEDICAL LABORATORY OBSERVER 1999; 31:16-21. [PMID: 10558023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Dispute over Pap smear specimen slides resolved by Connecticut Supreme Court. Cornelio v. Stamford Hospital. HOSPITAL LAW NEWSLETTER 1999; 16:5-8. [PMID: 10537690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Frogale C, McAdams R, Raspanti M, Sheehan J, Ward R. How to defuse compliance time bombs. Part 2: Six hypothetical allegations. Panel discussion. MLO: MEDICAL LABORATORY OBSERVER 1999; 31:56-8, 60, 62-8. [PMID: 10539659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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In the second and final part of this series, a panel of legal experts discusses more hypothetical allegations against a fictional laboratory, including billing for additional indices, using expired reagents, and falsifying the results of employee competency tests. Learn how to handle these dilemmas before they explode into full-blown legal violations.
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Hamlin WB. Requirements for accreditation by the College of American Pathologists Laboratory Accreditation Program. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1999; 123:465-7. [PMID: 10383793 DOI: 10.5858/1999-123-0465-rfabtc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The College of American Pathologists Laboratory Accreditation Program expects a participant laboratory or laboratory section to be able to demonstrate that it is in compliance with the Standards for Laboratory Accreditation. The program expects laboratories to demonstrate that they are continually taking steps to identify and correct deficient areas and improve performance, in compliance with the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 regulatory requirements, particularly those pertaining to proficiency testing performance, and participating as inspectors in the accreditation process.
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Ogram D. 1991 CCHFA standards and risk management: Part II. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY 1999; 53:243-4. [PMID: 10119494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Westenbrink W. The role of the medical laboratory technologist in drinking and driving cases. Part 2: The use of hospital alcohol results as evidence and providing testimony in court. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY 1999; 54:228-38. [PMID: 10123234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Medical laboratory technologists routinely conduct alcohol analyses for medical purposes, however, in certain circumstances the results are used legally to determine a driver's Blood Alcohol Concentration. The technologist who performed the analysis may subsequently be required to provide evidence in court. The primary areas of interest to the court in these cases are: the type of swab utilized, the continuity of the blood sample, the method of analysis, the margin of error of the results, and the conversion of a serum alcohol concentration to a blood alcohol concentration in units as per the Criminal Code. Pre-trial preparation, courtroom procedures, and suggestions to enhance the technologist's credibility as a professional witness are outlined.
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Ernst DJ. Phlebotomy on trial. MLO: MEDICAL LABORATORY OBSERVER 1999; 31:46-8, 50. [PMID: 10387255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Collecting blood specimens can carry an element of risk for your laboratory-errors in judgment and technique may cause injuries that leave you vulnerable to litigation. In this article, an expert witness discusses six ways to protect your lab from phlebotomy liability.
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Holland C. Paving the road to maximum productivity. CLINICAL LABORATORY MANAGEMENT REVIEW : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE CLINICAL LABORATORY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION 1998; 12:410-7. [PMID: 10387146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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"Job security" is an oxymoron in today's environment of downsizing, mergers, and acquisitions. Workers find themselves living by new rules in the workplace that they may not understand. How do we cope? It is the leader's charge to take advantage of this chaos and create conditions under which his or her people can understand the need for change and come together with a shared purpose to effect that change. The clinical laboratory at Arkansas Children's Hospital has taken advantage of this chaos to down-size and to redesign how the work gets done to pave the road to maximum productivity. After initial hourly cutbacks, the workers accepted the cold, hard fact that they would never get their old world back. They set goals to proactively shape their new world through reorganizing, flexing staff with workload, creating a rapid response laboratory, exploiting information technology, and outsourcing. Today the laboratory is a lean, productive machine that accepts change as a way of life. We have learned to adapt, trust, and support each other as we have journeyed together over the rough roads. We are looking forward to paving a new fork in the road to the future.
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Medicare, Medicaid, and CLIA programs; extension of certain effective dates for clinical laboratory requirements under CLIA--CDC, HCFA. Final rule with comment period. FEDERAL REGISTER 1998; 63:55031-4. [PMID: 10185832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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This final rule extends certain effective dates for clinical laboratory requirements in regulations published on February 28, 1992, and subsequently revised December 6, 1994, and May 12, 1997, that implemented provisions of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). This rule extends the phase-in date of the quality control requirements applicable to moderate and high complexity tests and extends the date by which an individual with a doctoral degree must possess board certification to qualify as a director of a laboratory that performs high complexity testing. These effective dates are extended to allow the Department additional time to issue revised quality control requirements and to determine whether changes are needed in the qualification requirements for individuals with doctoral degrees to serve as directors of laboratories performing high complexity testing. These effective date extensions do not reduce the current requirements for quality test performance.
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Bills T, Swan C, Brewer J, Fouché J, Coleman J, du Treil C, Lanier L. As we see it. Compliance: back to the future. CLINICAL LABORATORY MANAGEMENT REVIEW : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE CLINICAL LABORATORY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION 1998; 12:389-94. [PMID: 10185019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Marietti C. Golden labs. Laboratories look to newer systems to streamline labor-intensive tasks, reduce payrolls and speed turnaround times. HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS : THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS 1998; 15:65-6, 68-76, 80. [PMID: 10182499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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U.S. Attorneys' Offices investigate outpatient clinical laboratory services. QRC ADVISOR 1998; 14:1-4. [PMID: 10181888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Bousquet B, Charret J, Dreux C, Gaudeau-Toussaint MF, Gruson A, Marcelli A, de Mouy D, Plaisance JJ, Sachs C, Trivin F, Valdiguié P, Zerah S. [Thoughts and recommendations concerning the accreditation of hospital and private medical biology laboratories. Working Group of the French Society of Clinical Biology]. Ann Biol Clin (Paris) 1998; 56:504-7. [PMID: 9841576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Men'shikov VV. [Standards bases for the activities of clinical diagnostic laboratories today]. Klin Lab Diagn 1998:47-8. [PMID: 9742768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Rozovsky FA. Compliance crosswalk: you're not off the hot seat. HOSPITAL PEER REVIEW 1998; 23:89-91. [PMID: 10179051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Stull TM, Hearn TL, Hancock JS, Handsfield JH, Collins CL. Variation in proficiency testing performance by testing site. JAMA 1998; 279:463-7. [PMID: 9466641 DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.6.463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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CONTEXT Congress enacted the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) to promote uniform quality and standards among all testing sites in the United States. The performance indicators specified in the legislation are proficiency testing (PT) performance and periodic inspections. OBJECTIVE To evaluate variation in PT performance by type of testing facility during the first year of compulsory participation under CLIA. DESIGN All 1994 PT score data electronically reported to the Health Care Financing Administration as a component of compliance with the CLIA regulations were obtained. Over 1.2 million PT event scores from 17058 unique testing sites were sorted into 2 groups based on the type of testing facility: hospitals and independent laboratories (HI) and all other testing sites (AOT). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Satisfactory and unsatisfactory performance rates for HI and AOT for each analyte and/or test, according to the criteria specified by the CLIA regulations. RESULTS The aggregate rates of satisfactory event performance for all regulated analytes, tests, and specialties were 97% and 91% for the HI and AOTgroups, respectively. The aggregate odds ratio for unsatisfactory PT event performance for the AOT group compared with the HI group was 2.89, with a range of 2.19 to 7.51 for the individual analytes. CONCLUSION There was a consistent difference in PT performance during the first full year of compulsory PT under the CLIA regulations based on the type of testing facility performing the analysis. Traditional testing sites achieved higher rates of satisfactory performance than newly regulated, alternative testing sites.
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