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Said: This is coming from CLIA at an external cite opened in the past year. We used the guidelines from our previous IQCP developments and the director signed off. 

Said: Oh, were you cited?? From what I can remember, AFTER the initial IQCP regs were put in place, the 30 day requirement was only that first year of CAP checklists.  After that first go round with IQCP, the 30 day requirement was dropp...

Said: I guess I have an issue with backtracking; if that was not the requirement when implemented, then should not be cited for it.  Moving forward with a new system, if required, then make that plain so can be achieved.  

Said: I just came here to say the same thing! I'm going to reword it differently too: Kathleen says "you need to do external QC for as many days as you will not be doing QC".  That is exactly right, but I would also say "you need to do e...

Said: Originally, that was the case. However, from recent CAP and CMS inspections, we have been told that we need to do external QC for as many days as we will not be doing daily QC. So, if you want to do QC monthly per your IQCP, you need to...