CLIA Final Rule
Here are the global results of our 2016 Survey of IQCP Users. Over 210 results from both within the US and abroad were received, but the global results are significantly different than the responses from within the US!
It's time for another IQCP example. So what can you make with 1 spreadsheet, 7 worksheets, 60 rows, 13 columns, and 304 completed cells? An IQCP built for a Point-of-Care chemistry system.
CAP has released a set of instructions for inspectors on how to assess laboratory IQCPs. I will be honest: it's mostly toothless.
It's 2016 and IQCPs are the law of the (US) land. So what can you make with 1 spreadsheet, 7 worksheets, 37 rows, 42 columns, and 104 completed cells? An IQCP built for a C. Difficile method.
Pardon our political incorrectness: at the 2015 AACC/ASCLS conference, there were about as many different presentations on IQCP as there are GOP presidential candidates. With about the same amount of agreement. As US labs near the IQCP deadline, confusion is mounting, not coherence. If this isn't worrying you, you're not paying attention.