American Pathologists Accreditation

College of American Pathologists Laboratory Accreditation Program (1997) Standards for Laboratory Accreditation, Commission on Laboratory Accreditation Inspection Checklist, Sections 1 and 8. 

The way in which accreditation is organised varies in different countries with organisations such as the Clinical Pathology Accreditation (CPA UK) in the UK and CCKL Test in The Netherlands. Accreditation may be optional or may be mandatory, as in the USA, and mediated by deemed authorities such as the College of American Pathologists. However, the standards to which these accreditation bodies operate are usually cross referenced to internationally agreed formulae such as ... 

Commission on Laboratory Inspection and Accreditation. Reagent water Specifications. Skokie, IL College of American Pathologists, 1985. 

General LIS applications, outside blood collection or transfusion services, are not subject to FDA regulations, but many laboratories voluntarily subject their LIS to inspection and accreditation. The College of American Pathologists... 

CAP Standards for Accreditation of Medical Laboratories. Skokie, IL CoHege of American Pathologists (www.cap.org). 

College of American Pathologists. Checklist for Molecular Pathology Inspections, http //www.cap.org/ apps/docs/laboratory accreditation/cheddists/ molecular pathology december2003.pdf (accessed July 20, 2004). 

Sarewitz S, ed. Molecular Pathology Checklist, CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program. College of American Pathologists, Northfield, 111. 2003 19-21. 

Proficiency testing for CRTU analysis (which should be performed with CDU and B2MU analyses to evaluate the results properly) also is recommended. In the U.S., only the College of American Pathologists (CAP) currently conducts CRTU proficiency testing participating laboratories should be accredited for CRTU analysis by the CAP. 

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