Benefits of CAP accreditation

CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program helps laboratories to meet and even exceed the requirements of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other Federal requirements as only CAP uses multi-disciplinary teams of qualified professionals to be inspectors. Under this program, CAP is able to attend the widest patient population and ensuring accurate and quality test results of patients. The laboratory standards are maintain by laboratories professionals, and from the self-inspection and participating in the inspection of other laboratories, the laboratory can learn the latest laboratory process and techniques.1,2

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1. College of American Pathologists. (2005). Benefits of CAP Accreditation. Retrieved June 13, 2008 from http://www.cap.org/apps/cap.portal?_nfpb=true&cntvwrPtlt_actionOverride=%2Fportlets%2FcontentViewer%2Fshow&_windowLabel=cntvwrPtlt&cntvwrPtlt%7BactionForm.contentReference%7D=laboratory_accreditation%2Flap_info%2Fbenefits.html&_state=maximized&_pageLabel=cntvwr

2. METROPOLIS Health Services. (2005). College of American Pathologists [CAP]. Retrieved June 13, 2008, from http://www.metropolisindia.com/cap.asp

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