POC.07540 QC Confirmation of Acceptability
Hi all,
I am starting to see QC logs with an additional column to document that QC is acceptable to satisfy the CAP requirement below. I can see the usefulness of an additional QC acceptable column on logs in which staff record numbers, like ACT, that must be within a certain range. I see the extra column as a way to remind the user to go back and look at your results and do they fall within the acceptable range. Does anyone else do this? TIA
POC.07540 QC Confirmation of Acceptability Phase II
The results of controls are reviewed for acceptability before reporting results.
NOTE: It is implicit in quality control that patient test results will not be reported when controls
yield unacceptable results.
Evidence of Compliance:
✓ Written policy stating that controls are reviewed and acceptable prior to reporting patient
results AND
✓ Evidence of corrective action taken when QC results are not acceptable
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We have a "QC Valid" box on our QC forms that gets checked (or not, if results were unacceptable). That means the user verified results were within the acceptable ranges. We are TJC, not CAP, but same premise.
Hi Carol. We also use an extra column (we call ours 'pass'? Y or N). As a trainer for alot of waived testing performed by Medical Assistants, I do see it as effective to call attention to 'pass' (QC Valid to use other example posted). The only log we don't use the column on is the UA QC log which are Chem 10s, since it's already tight to get in 20 columns just for the analytes plus the other info like date and operator.