[Histonet] Cap guidelines and Clia

[Tench, Bill]

It is important to understand that CLIA is the driving force for most of
the various regulations promulgated by CAP, and this is true of the
issue regarding the requirements for Gross room assistants.  The CAP
simply tries to interpret the morass of regulatory garbage into
understandable standards, which must be approved by CLIA.  There are
some CAP standards that have grown out of "good laboratory practices"
and not specific CLIA regulations, but this is not one of them.

Bill Tench
Associate Dir. Laboratory Services
Chief, Cytology Services
Palomar Medical Center
555 E. Valley Parkway
Escondido, California  92025
Bill.Tench <@t> pph.org
Voice: 760- 739-3037
Fax: 760-739-2604

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