...DETERMINATION Congress passed the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) in 1988 establishing quality standards for all laboratory testing to ensure...results regardless of where the test was performed. The amendments define a laboratory as any facility that performs laboratory testing on specimens derived...

...Discussion: Congress passed the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) in 1988 establishing quality standards for all laboratory testing to ensure...results regardless of where the test was performed. CLIA specifies quality standards for proficiency testing (PT), which provides CMS with a means of measuring...

...moderate complexity. 149 waived and 132 high complexity. Congress passed CLIA in 1 988 establishing quality standards for all laboratory testing to ensure...results regardless of where the test was performed. The CLIA statute requires laboratory regulation on Ihe basis of test complexity instead of test site,...

...Overview The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) establish quality standards for laboratory testing to ensure the accuracy, reliability,...patient test results regardless of where the test is performed. CLIA applies to all sites which perform laboratory testing either on a permanent or temporary...

...eventually led to enactment in 1988 of important amendments to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act to "ensure the accuracy, reliability, and timeliness...results regardless of where the test was performed." The amendments established quality standards and a regulatory structure for all clinical laboratory...

...by laboratories. 19. The abbreviation for a national organization that established quality standards to ensure the accuracy, reliability, and timeliness of patient test results, regardless of the size, type, or location of the laboratory. a. BBP Standard b. CLIA c. CLIA '88 d. OSHA 20. The...

...of bench top laboratory technology into non-traditional testing sites, led to passage of CLIA. CLIA established quality standards for all laboratory testing...results regardless of where the test was performed. A laboratory is defined as any facility that performs laboratory testing on specimens derived from...

...Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1 988 (CLIA) . CLIA certification ensures high quality standards and the accuracy, reliability and timeliness of patient...results regardless of where the test was performed (AMP, 1999; Schwartz, 1999; Amos & Patnaik, 2002) . To become certified by CLIA, laboratories must...

...Center for Substance Abuse Prevention • Center for Substance Abuse Treatment continued from page 1 for laboratory testing to ensure the accuracy, reliability, and timeliness of patient test results. Traditional HIV testing requires two visits: one visit to take the test sample and then a second visit...

...Improvement Amendments in 1988 establishing quality standards for all laboratory testing to ensure the •. reliability and timeliness of patient test results regardless of where the test was :d. CLIA specifies quality standards for proficiency testing (PT), which provides th a means of measuring...