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Lower Columbia Pathologists Receives CAP Accreditation - 11-18-11
The accreditation inspection, which occurs on a two-year cycle, was conducted by pathologists Ildiko Sandford, MD, FCAP, and Harris Goodman, MD, FCAP
“Everything related to the laboratory is subject to inspection,” said Connie Gibbons, LCP’s administrative secretary. “We have several checklists with hundreds of questions that must be completed before the inspection team arrives.”
Inspectors show up unannounced, and LCP staff members are then required to provide proof that all items on the checklists have been satisfactorily completed.
After the inspection, LCP’s lab director – Robert Sandstrom, MD – was notified that LCP had come through with flying colors.
“Dr. Sandford told us that in 30 years of conducting inspections, our lab had the best quality control program she’d ever seen,” Sandstrom said.
The College of American Pathologists (CAP) program began in the early 1960s and is recognized by the federal government as being equal to or more stringent than the government’s own inspection program. CAP is the world’s largest association of board-certified pathologists and is considered the leader in laboratory quality assurance.
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Story courtesy of Jim LeMonds of WriteTek Northwest