FORT LEE, Va. (April 16, 2015) -- The Kenner Army Health Clinic Laboratory along with its two outlying troop medical clinics -- �TMC 1 and Mosier Consolidated TMC 2 -- will undergo their biennial inspection by the College of American Pathologists this spring. KAHC routinely achieves excellent ratings and this inspection is expected to again demonstrate the highest level of excellence.
The College of American Pathologists, an organization formed in response to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act, is a leading organization of board-certified pathologists that accredits more than 7,600 clinical laboratories globally as part of its Laboratory Accreditation Program. CAP has continually been granted deeming authority by the Centers of Medicaid and Medicare Services.
Inspections of laboratories by the CAP promote better patient care by constantly challenging labs to improve at a rate keeping pace with the speed of technological advances. The terms of accreditation guides the lab through rigorous procedures, sample testing challenges and supervisory requirements that ensures standards are maintained, and accurate and timely diagnostic results are reported to health care providers.
In essence, any factor affecting results generated by the lab is expounded upon in detail within CAP standards and is required to be continually maintained. Maintenance of this level of excellence is a daily focus not only in testing but in all other aspects of lab operations. The inspection process is simply the verification that all processes are compliant with the terms of accreditation and opportunities for improvement are identified and incorporated into operations.
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