Ready? Set? Test! Patient Testing Is Important. Get the Right Results.
Description
This basic-level training helps to ensure testing personnel have the basic training necessary to safely and accurately perform patient testing waived under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). Waived testing can produce inaccurate results that could adversely impact patients. After this training, participants should understand how to ensure accurate and timely results and minimize the risk of inaccurate testing.
Audience
Laboratory professionals, personnel performing patient testing with waived tests, and others involved with or interested in waived testing.
Accessibility
Course content is closed captioned, where applicable, and optimized for a screen reader.
Objectives
At the end of this course, learners should be able to:
- Identify the basic requirements for performing waived testing.
- Identify at least three practices for preparing the laboratory or testing site to produce high-quality test results.
- Identify at least two practices that ensure the right sample type is obtained from the right patient.
- Identify at least two testing practices.
- Describe a team member’s responsibilities when performing testing under a CLIA Certificate of Waiver.
See CDC Course Accreditation Document for more details.
To receive Continuing Medical Education (CME) or Continuing Education Unit (CEU), follow the steps below by May 13, 2029.
1. Complete the course in OneLab REACH.
2. Pass the posttest at 70%.
3. Copy the passcode provided after passing the posttest.
4. Go to CDC TRAIN and register for the Ready? Set? Test! Patient Testing is Important. Get the Right Results (Web-based) - WB5013 course.
5. Check the box for each type of CE you wish to apply for when registering for the course.
6. Select the **Mark Completed** button on the course page in TRAIN.
7. Enter the passcode when prompted.
8. Complete the evaluation in CDC TRAIN.
You can access your CME or CEU certificates and transcript by visiting **Your Learning** in TRAIN.
Disclosure
Subject matter experts and presenters wish to disclose they have no conflict of interest or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, commercial supporters, or other organizations related to the course.