CAP (College of American Pathologists) Accreditation & Patient Safety in al mokhtabar Laboratories
In August 2010, we received the CAP accreditation in every unit of al mokhtabar laboratories
al mokhtabar CAP Accredited Tests
Al Mokhtabar laboratory is accredited by the College of American Pathologists Laboratory Accreditation Program for the following services:
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Anatomic Pathology Processing
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Bacteriology
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Blood Gases
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Body Fluid Analysis
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Chemistry
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Coagulation
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Conventional Cytogenetics
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Cytology Processing
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Cytology Screening
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Director/Organizational Assessment
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Flow cytometry
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FISH
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Gynecological Cytopathology
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Hematology
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HLA Molecular
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Immunology
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Laboratory General
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Mycobacteriology
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Mycology
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Non-gynecological Cytopathology
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Parasitology
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Special Chemistry
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Surgical Pathology
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Toxocology
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Urinalysis
What is CAP ‘College of American Pathologists’?
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It is the world’s largest medical society serving more than 17,000 physician members and the laboratory community throughout the world
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It is considered the leader in laboratory quality assurance
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It provides a solid foundation for ensuring excellence in patient safety and compliance
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It has accredited 97% of the Top 100 US Hospitals with laboratories & over 7,000 laboratories in 44 countries around the world
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It has 260 international laboratories
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It has field teams with mixed language capabilities in Asia, Middle East, South America, India, Europe, Mexico and others.
What is the CAP Accreditation?
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It is the highest form of medical laboratory accreditation
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It is given by the College of American Pathologists
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It is the golden standard of medical laboratory Proficiency Testing
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It is the highest form of medical laboratory accreditation
What is the CAP mission statement?
The leading organization of board-certified pathologists, serves patients, pathologists & the public by fostering and advocating excellence in the practice of pathology and laboratory medicine
Why did we seek the CAP Accreditation?
Because PATIENT SAFETY is our top most priority & this is the core of the CAP mission
How does the CAP accreditation benefit our Patients?
It means providing the right patient with the right results at the right time.
What is the added value of the CAP accreditation within al mokhtabar labs?
CAP improves the work processes inside our laboratories throughout our three work phases
CAP Proficiency Testing
What is Proficiency Testing ‘PT’?
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Involves the performance of test procedures on blind samples of unknown values by multiple participating laboratories.
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The samples are usually sent to the participating laboratories every quarter.
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Participating laboratories report results to CAP for assessment
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PT assesses the accuracy of results and is part of quality control.
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PT results obtained allow detection of analytical, clerical and interpretation errors
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They must be investigated and documented.
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A target standard deviation index (SDI) of 0 is desired.
Proficiency testing & al mokhtabar laboratories
al mokhtabar laboratories enrolled in the approved CAP survey program from 2007 for most tests performed in the laboratory for which the surveys are available. For those rare tests for which there is no survey, accuracy and reliability of the test is determined at least semi-annually by an alternate method such as splitting samples between two different technicians, splitting specimens and sending part to a reference laboratory for duplicate analysis.
Each year since 2007 we received the certification of CAP PT Survey to validate our successful passing of all proficiency testing for that year (we received CAP PT Survey 2007, 2008, 2009 and received the final CAP certificate in 2010)
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