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Welcome to Lab Accreditation Consultants...
First off, congratulations for contemplating an accreditation
consultant. This decision, in itself, shows that you and your
organization share the same dedication to quality of service
and performance that we do here at Lab Accreditation Consultants.
You will also experience and enjoy our deep commitment throughout
our working relationship with your organization.
Who Are We, Lab Accreditation Consultants?
We, Lab Accreditation Consultants, are a full service organization
whose expertise is in achieving continuous accreditation excellence
and 'first-pass' accreditation. Incorporated in 2001, we are
prepared to lead and assist you in every way to acquire and
maintain accreditation for your laboratory regardless of your
Accrediting Organization (AO). Lab Accreditation Consultants
will ensure that your lab has all the elements in place for
continuing excellence, preparing you for inspection-level operation
whether you are accredited by JCAHO
, CAP, COLA,
CLIA,
HFAP, or A2LA,
operating at a level worthy of inspection on any given day.
We achieve this accreditation excellence by first establishing
lasting management and service practices critical for day-to-day
Quality Management. Then, we help you integrate the QM and the
accreditation requirements. QM and accreditation excellence
being the two sides of the same coin, once you achieve successful
day-to-day QM, your long term accreditation success is guaranteed.
Successful Quality Management is what proves to your Accreditation
Organization that you are a laboratory committed to providing
the most reliable laboratory testing to your patients.
Why Accreditation Consultant Services
There are many reasons for inadequate accreditation readiness.
Most common is lack of time. Your staffing shortage is chronic
and you work at the bench most of the time; personnel management
issues can be very time consuming; you just came on board and
found out that Joint Commission awarded Conditional Accreditation;
you are new to the management and not yet adept at interpretation
of standards and translating requirements into day-to-day tasks.
In many laboratories, the task of "getting ready" for inspection
involves policy preparation and revision and consumes significant
personnel and budgetary resources. The outcome of this situation
can be lack of time for enforcement, monitoring, documentation
and process improvements critical for full compliance and therefore
the citation: "The policies are there but no documented monitoring."
The situation is reversed in some laboratories: major focus
is on the testing process but without solid policy guidelines.
In this case, the deficiency will be for not having relevant
policies.
These scenarios are further complicated by the recent changes
in the accreditation process, such as unannounced inspections.
The traditional concept of "getting ready" for inspection is
no longer viable. You have to maintain "continuous survey readiness."
Whatever the reasons are, hospitals and laboratories experience
overwhelming anxiety as the on-site review date approaches.
The entire process seems to be an insurmountable challenge,
if not a burden. But the situation is here to stay! You have
to deal with it.
This is where a consultant can help. A consultant can evaluate
your baseline compliance and recommend process improvements
towards full compliance. A consultant can train and coach you
to implement, enforce and monitor these recommendations. A consultant
can prepare all the necessary documents to guide you to maintain
quality laboratory testing. Once these preparatory tasks are
accomplished, you will see that implementation and monitoring
are more manageable. You will find that your system is "in control."
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