Yes, that is "interesting" considering that competencies are some of the primary documents that the Joint Commission inspectors ask for every time. And JC is under the same rules as CAP. So what is CAP's deal?
BTW, What was this class focused on? Not histology? Clincal lab, cytology? Curious. Tim Morken Supervisor, Electron Microscopy/Neuromuscular Special Studies Department of Pathology UC San Francisco Medical Center -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Michelle Lamphere Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 6:10 AM To: 'histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu' Cc: Elma Cortinas Subject: [Histonet] RE: Competency for Anatomic and Clinical Pathology I think a few people might find this interesting.... I recently attended a class about Competency Assessments in the lab. The class was given by Ken Byrd (fairly certain that is how you spell his name), a Senior Inspector at CAP. When this particular question came up, I asked him to give examples of how the histology lab was supposed to use the 6 elements to assess competency. He informed the entire class that the competency assessment question with the six elements did not apply to the histology lab because histology did not report test results. It is the one question on the Gen Lab checklist that did not apply to ANP. Kinda shocking, I know. It does not mean that we scrapped our entire competency program, we simply removed some of the six elements. Michelle Lamphere Senior Tech, Histology Anatomic Pathology Children's Medical Center O: 214.456.2318 | Fax: 214.456.0779 E: michelle.lamph...@childrens.com 1935 Medical District Drive | B1.06 | Dallas, Texas 75235 Message: 9 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 07:14:08 -0400 From: "Histology" <hi...@pathlab.us> Subject: [Histonet] Competency for Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at To: <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Message-ID: <9C0B151B30AC5F4ABFD1B69D915F84CF33E6D4@dc01.DominionPath.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi, I would love to see your competency spreadsheet for histology. We just finished our first CAP inspection and got a deficiency here. He said the direct observation was great, but that we need to have all 6 elements. I am having trouble trying to come up with a way to evaluate some of these and would love any help. Thanks in advance, Mehndi Helgren Dominion Pathology Laboratories 733 Boush St. Suite 200 Norfolk, VA 23510 757-664-7901 hi...@pathlab.us Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. This e-mail, facsimile, or letter and any files or attachments transmitted with it contains information that is confidential and privileged. This information is intended only for the use of the individual(s) and entity(ies) to whom it is addressed. If you are the intended recipient, further disclosures are prohibited without proper authorization. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, printing, or use of this information is strictly prohibited and possibly a violation of federal or state law and regulations. If you have received this information in error, please notify Children's Medical Center Dallas immediately at 214-456-4444 or via e-mail at priv...@childrens.com. Children's Medical Center Dallas and its affiliates hereby claim all applicable privileges related to this information. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
