PERIODIC PERFORMANCE REVIEW (PPR)

If your lab's accreditation falls under the Joint Commission, Periodic Performance Reviews need to be performed every other year, alternating with on-site inspections. The tool for the PPR is the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Laboratory and Point of Care Testing (camlab).

Hiring LAC to manage your PPR ensures a thorough, unbiased review. Our Periodic Performance Review service includes:

• Reviewing the level of compliance to every Element of Performance (EP) of every Standard using the current camlab. The review includes policies, process descriptions, procedure manuals, bench level tasks, walk through inspections, and one-to-one and group discussions.
• Grading the level of compliance for each EP according to the requirements set forth by the Joint Commission:
  • "0"-Insufficient Compliance
  • "1"-Partial Compliance
  • "2"-Satisfactory Compliance
  • Not Applicable
• Analysis of each deficiency and providing recommendations for process improvement where indicated.
• Assisting you in submitting the PPR report to the Joint Commission on time.
• Optional written report of all PPR findings requiring process improvements, including related recommendations to achieve full compliance. This report includes the nature and extent of non-compliance, identifies process improvement measures to correct deficiencies (Plan of Action), and establishes parameters to assess the degree of success (known as Measure of Success, or MOS). This report will be submitted within one month after PPR completion. For many clients, this report comes to serve as a reference manual not only during the time preceding inspection, but also after the inspection for daily Quality Management.