[Histonet] RE: CAP question for pediatric pathology labs

[Linda Margraf]

Dear Ronnie
We at the Children's Medical Center, Dallas do a twice a year slide exchange of ten cytopathology cases with another Children's Hospital.  We actually learn a lot from this exercise as they critique slide quality as well as diagnoses. All the Anatomic pathology faculty take part in case reviews and we meet as a group to hear about the results of the other program's review of our cases.  It is also much more pertinent to the nature of our pediatric  pathology material than the CAP program would be (and the price is negligible).  We have never had a CAP inspector have a problem with this type of program. We are careful to keep it all well documented in our quality records.
Linda M
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Subject: [Histonet] CAP question for pediatric pathology labs
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CYP.00190

Phase I

N/A YES NO

For laboratories that perform non-gynecologic cytopathology, does the laboratory participate in a peer educational program in NON-GYNECOLOGIC cytopathology (e.g., CAP Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Non-Gynecologic Cytopathology NGC)?

How are labs responding to this request for a peer-educational program in non-gyn cytopath, as there is no such program for pediatric cytopathology, and, in the opinion of our pathologists, the CAP program is useless as far as it pertains to pediatrics?

We have had varying responses from inspectors which we have adopted and then the next inspector says this isn't good enough and you should be doing something else. There has been little to no direction from CAP.

Thanks

Ronnie Houston, MS HT(ASCP)QIHC
Anatomic Pathology Manager

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