Proficiency Testing QUESTIONS WITH WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS CMS - answer☑️️..federal agency that administers CLIA CLIA - answer☑️️..Sets standards for clinical laboratories JCAHO - answer☑️️..Inspects and accredits both hospital as a whole and laboratory

Proficiency Testing QUESTIONS WITH WELL VERIFIED
ANSWERS
CMS - answer☑️✔️..federal agency that administers CLIA



CLIA - answer☑️✔️..Sets standards for clinical laboratories



JCAHO - answer☑️✔️..Inspects and accredits both hospital as a whole and laboratory



CAP - answer☑️✔️..Accredits the laboratory, performs inspections and administers Proficiency
Testing



Proficiency Testing overview - answer☑️✔️..a. Required by CLIA performing moderate and up
complexity tests

b. Proficiency testing is a form of external QC

c. PT is the comparison of results with peer laboratories.

d. Ensures standardized testing across clinical labs

e. Run PT samples as you would patient samples, preferably along with a run of patient samples



Proficiency Testing Process - answer☑️✔️..An individual sample batch is sent from an external
provider to different laboratories and analyzed by the laboratories in the same manner as
patient samples. The results are then compared to detect any significant differences in results.



Proficiency Testing - answer☑️✔️..



What does CAP send to the lab for Proficiency Testing? - answer☑️✔️..CAP will send you three
sets of unknown samples a year, each containing 5 samples