CLIA Final Rules for Quality Systems : Quality Assessment Issues and Answers

Together with Dr. Sharon S. Ehrmeyer, PhD, MT(ASCP), Dr. Teresa Darcy, MD, FACP, and with an introduction by Dr. Ronald R. Laessig, PhD, Dr. Westgard has written a new book that explains the practical impact of the new regulations and interpretive guidelines: This new manual provides thorough coverage of the key changes in the CLIA Final Rule, as well as in-depth analysis of the new laboratory responsibilities that the regulations have created. But this manual is more than a compliance guide: * It explains the method validation requirements and details how to organize the statistical studies now required for all new non-waived methods. * It dispels the confusion about waived, non-waived, moderate, and high complexity methods * It defines the new calibration and calibration verification requirements. * It describes the final QC requirements, as well as an overview of a QC Planning and Design process to "Do the Right QC Right" * It provides an authoritative judgment on the new "equivalent QC procedures" * and more...