Event Description
Fourteen billion laboratory tests drive the majority of medical decisions each year. Many of these tests do not require routine regulatory oversight under a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Certificate of Waiver from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The “Ready? Set? Test!” free resources equip testing personnel with good testing practices that help improve the quality of test results and enhance patient safety. This event will highlight the “Ready? Set? Test!” guidance of best practices throughout the “Test!” phase. Topics will include test performance, result interpretation, recording, and reporting and techniques to follow when resolving testing problems.
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Event Speakers
Amanda Johnson, MHSc., MLS(ASCP)CM
Clinical Laboratory Scientist,
Quality and Safety Systems Branch (QSSB),
Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS),
Office of Laboratory Systems and Response (OLSR) (proposed),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Theresia Snelling, BS, MBA, MPM, MT(ASCP)
Health Scientist,
Quality and Safety Systems Branch (QSSB),
Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS),
Office of Laboratory Systems and Response (OLSR) (proposed),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)