Quality Management in Anatomic Pathology is the only comprehensive manual designed to improve patient care while ensuring your laboratory achieves its accreditation standards. It provides pathologists and lab directors with the tools necessary to develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive quality program, with an emphasis on regulatory compliance and cross-references to the CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program checklists, Joint Commission standards, and CLIA ’88.
Contents include:
General approaches to quality management, including designing a plan, defining and preventing errors, and plan components and monitors
Systematic approaches to quality assurance in histology, intraoperative consultation, cytopathology, autopsy, immunohistochemistry, and molecular pathology
Informatics, ISO 15189, and specimen tracking systems
Regulatory compliance, legal issues, and damage control
Due to time in transit for locations outside of the US and Canada, the CAP cannot guarantee performance of programs with two days or less stability; therefore, the CAP does not recommend the purchase of these programs and cannot offer credits.
Quality Management in Anatomic Pathology: Strategies for Assessment, Improvement, and Assurance is a comprehensive manual designed to improve patient care while ensuring your laboratory achieves its accreditation standards. It provides pathologists and lab directors with the tools necessary to develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive quality program, with an emphasis on regulatory compliance and cross-references to the CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program checklists, Joint Commission standards, and CLIA ’88. Contents include general approaches to quality management, including designing a plan, defining and preventing errors, and plan components and monitors; systematic approaches to quality assurance in histology, intraoperative consultation, cytopathology, autopsy, immunohistochemistry, and molecular pathology; informatics, ISO 15189, and specimen tracking systems; and damage control and legal issues.