Re: CAP Inspection

From:Victor Tobias

Vinnie,

Being on the IT side of things I would be interested to know what the IT
inspector was looking for. Our CAP is coming at the end of summer.

Thanks
Victor


On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Vinnie Della Speranza wrote:

> We were just inspected yesterday. NO deficiencies!! hurray. the
> pathologist inspection team leader described us as a "first class
> operation"
> This inspection team was extremely thorough. we had FOUR inspectors for
> AP, not counting the IT person who also showed up. Two pathologists, a
> histo supervisor and a cytology inspector
> They followed the checklists closely and thoroughly, viewed every page
> in every procedure and policy manual ( if you saw the volume of material
> you'd understand the magnitude of this task) and they managed to overlap
> each other so that we found ourselves covering some areas with them more
> than once. one pathologist inspector wanted to see all ihc cases ending
> in the digit "2" for the past month or two ( to avoid our selecting our
> best cased for him to see)
>
> I can't identify any one particular area for you that they gave greater
> emphasis to because they were so thorough. after a hectic day it was
> nice to receive their compliment.
>
>
>
> Vinnie Della Speranza
> Manager for Anatomic Pathology Services
> Medical University of South Carolina
> 165 Ashley Avenue  Suite 309
> Charleston, SC 29425
> Ph: 843-792-6353
> fax: 843-792-8974
>
> >>>  06/13/03 09:58AM >>>
> We are having a CAP inspection this summer.  Has anyone been inspected
> recently and can you alert me to any trouble areas?  Thanks for your
> help !!
>
>
>

-- 
Victor Tobias
Clinical Applications Analyst
Department of Pathology
University of Washington
206-543-4823




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