Clinical Laboratory Education

Waived Testing- Best Practices for Quality Results (CLR04)


Description
COLA has developed a new Waived Testing- Best Practices for Quality Results course committed to ensuring safe, accurate, and reliable waived laboratory testing for patients. The Waived Testing- Best Practices for Quality Results is a part of the overall Waived Testing Toolkit. With COLA’s Waived Testing-Best Practices for Quality Results course, the learner will address several common challenges organizations face in their waived testing laboratory operations through 8 self-paced modules. The micro-learning modules aim to guide the learner through waived testing best practices and trending themes.

Instructor: Kathy Nucifora, MPH, MT (ASCP), Chief Operating Officer of COLA
Level of Instruction: Basic
Credit Units: 2 PACE credit hours
Date/Location: December 1, 2020- December 1, 2025 online format

COLA has applied for approval as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS PAC.E. ® Program.
Content
  • 1. Apply for a CLIA Certificate of Waiver
  • Apply for CLIA Certificate Quiz
  • 2. Introduction to Waived Testing
  • Introduction to Waived Testing Quiz
  • 3. Why The Package Insert Matters
  • Why the Package Insert Matters Quiz
  • 4. The Value of the Procedure Manual
  • The Value of the Procedure Manual Quiz
  • 5. Excellence in Pre-Analytical
  • Excellence in Pre-Analytic Quiz
  • 6. Excellence in Analytical Activities
  • Excellence in Analytical Activities Quiz
  • 7. Excellence in Post-Analytic Activities
  • Excellence in Post-Analytic Activities Quiz
  • Waived Testing- Best Practices for Quality Results Feedback
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever