Ensuring Accuracy and Accountability in Laboratory Testing: Does the Experience of Maryland General Hospital Expose Cracks in the System? : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, Part 1 |
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... meet quality standards established under CLIA . We understand that Maryland General Hospital's lab has not fully complied with these standards and is now under new management , and they are sending HIV and hepatitis lab services to an ...
... meet quality standards established under CLIA . We understand that Maryland General Hospital's lab has not fully complied with these standards and is now under new management , and they are sending HIV and hepatitis lab services to an ...
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... meet both CLIA and State requirements . The rou- tine biennial inspection was performed by CAP in April 2003. The State of Maryland had also conducted a CLIA survey based on a compliant in November 2002. In both of these inspections ...
... meet both CLIA and State requirements . The rou- tine biennial inspection was performed by CAP in April 2003. The State of Maryland had also conducted a CLIA survey based on a compliant in November 2002. In both of these inspections ...
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... meet Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments ( CLIA ) standards . We understand that Maryland General Hospital's lab has not fully complied with these conditions of participation . This morning I would like to first discuss CMS ...
... meet Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments ( CLIA ) standards . We understand that Maryland General Hospital's lab has not fully complied with these conditions of participation . This morning I would like to first discuss CMS ...
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... meet certain CLIA requirements to provide testing samples to labs , and are approved by CMS annually . Quality control : Labs must have a process for monitoring personnel , testing equipment and the testing environment to ensure proper ...
... meet certain CLIA requirements to provide testing samples to labs , and are approved by CMS annually . Quality control : Labs must have a process for monitoring personnel , testing equipment and the testing environment to ensure proper ...
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... meets the objectives by employing an outcome - oriented / quality improvement type of survey process or approach , the intent of which is to focus the surveyor on the overall performance of the laboratory and the way it monitors itself ...
... meets the objectives by employing an outcome - oriented / quality improvement type of survey process or approach , the intent of which is to focus the surveyor on the overall performance of the laboratory and the way it monitors itself ...
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Page 30 - CLIA in 1988, establishing quality standards for all laboratory testing to ensure the accuracy, reliability, and timeliness of patient test results regardless of where the test was performed.
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Page 9 - I yield back. [The prepared statement of Hon. Elijah E. Cummings follows:] Opening Statement of Representative Elijah E. Cummings, D-Maryland Ranking Minority Member Hearing on "Department of Defense and Counternarcotics: What Is Congress Getting for Its Money?
Page 1 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE, DRUG POLICY AND HUMAN RESOURCES, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:10 pm, in room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon.
Page 3 - Thank you all for being here today. We look forward to your testimony and insights.
Page 18 - Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency). I am...
Page 19 - Act) to give FDA specific authority to regulate the safety and effectiveness of medical devices. The FD&C Act...
Page 20 - ... sufficient to provide reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of the device...
Page 30 - CLIA is defined as any facility that performs laboratory testing on specimens derived from humans for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of a disease or impairment, or to assess the patient's health.