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Said: : "I have the package insert for acutest pH paper (acutest.net). I just tried finding it online but it's not posted. I won't be in my office tomorrow but will try to remember to take it along and scan it to a file I can post if I can get acc...

Said: : "PT on pH paper? We do not subscribe to a PT Program for waived testing. For waived testing we perform QC two levels and do lab comparisons."

Said: : "Bonnie, no, pH paper is a 'waived complexity lab test' and not a CLIA PPMP. PPMPs are not waived complexity, they are moderate complexity testing. Yes if you held a CLIA Certificate PPMP then you could perform this waived complexity test ...

Said: : "I thought it's a part of their credential because it's just a waived test with no instruments involved. Did I read it wrong? http://www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/18/Waived_Testing_Source_Article.pdf 3 Include providers in orientation, ...

Said: : "I have also heard that about trying to go the "procedure" vs. "test" route. Even though it is not a specimen that can be collected in a container, per se, JC still considers it a test."