2013 Courses - College of American Pathologists

Continuing Compliance Master Series: Live Events
The College of American Pathologists
Review the listing of upcoming and previous live events.
Upcoming Live Events
Register for the live events on cap.org.
Audioconferences are held from 12:00 - 1:00 PM CT
Webinars are held from 12:00 - 1:30 PM CT
Courses are held the third Wednesday of the month
Checklist Updates for Clinical Pathology
Presenter: Gerald A. Hoeltge, MD, FCAP
Being in compliance is not just an inspection day activity. Not staying current with requirements can
cost you time and money. Join this audioconference for an explanation of the most recent revisions to
the CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program checklist requirements for Clinical Pathology. You will learn
how these changes will affect the inspection process and the rationale for the changes along with tips
for implementing them in your own laboratory.
Objectives
List the most recent changes to the Laboratory Program accreditation requirements
(checklists) for CP.
Recognize the most common deficiencies reported in 2012.
Use the checklist changes to prepare for your laboratory for inspection.
Format: Audioconference
Level: Basic
CE: CE only offered for this audioconference
Date/Time: Wednesday September 18, 2013, Noon–1:00 PM CT
Price: $60
Preanalytic Issues and Quality Indicators
Presenter: Susan Thrasher Marti, MD, FCAP
This session will discuss issues that must be addressed during the preanalytic phase of testing,
including processes related to test ordering requests, specimen collection, and specimen routing.
Examples of relevant quality indicators and inspection scenarios will highlight these processes and
discuss best practices for handling potential issues.
Objectives
Identify common preanalytic issues that are pertinent to providing safe, timely, and accurate
testing.
Design specific quality assurance monitors that track preanalytic issues.
Discuss best practices for addressing potential issues.
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Format: Webinar
Level: Basic
CE: CE only offered for this webinar
Date/Time: Wednesday October 16, 2013 Noon–1:30 PM CT
Price: $295
Postanalytic Issues and Quality Indicators
Presenters: Rawhi Omar, MD, PhD, FCAP, Technical staff, CAP Laboratory Accreditation
This session will discuss issues that must be addressed during the postanalytic phase of testing. These
issues include, among many others, ensuring that test results are timely and accurately generated,
transmitted, and interpreted. Examples of relevant quality indicators and inspection process scenarios
will highlight these issues and discuss best practices for handling them.
Objectives
Identify common postanalytic issues that are pertinent to providing safe, timely, and accurate
testing.
Design specific quality assurance monitors that track postanalytic issues.
Analyze sources of deviation from standards and provide guidance for corresponding
preventive and corrective actions.
Format: Webinar
Level: Basic
CE: CE only offered for this webinar
Date/Time: Wednesday November 20, 2013, Noon–1:30 PM CT
Price: $295
Previous Live Events
These events are available as recorded sessions.
If you registered for the event and were unable to attend, the recorded session is
available four weeks after the live event and will be available for one year.
Contact your site coordinator to access the recorded session.
CE/CME credit is not available for the recorded session.
CAP Accreditation Requirements for Validation of Laboratory Tests
Presenter: Stephen J. Sarewitz, MD, FCAP
This webinar will review the CAP accreditation requirements for validation of laboratory tests. The
discussion will include analytic and clinical validation, as well as possible new requirements that may
evolve from the FDA's plan to directly regulate certain laboratory-developed tests
Objectives
Perform appropriate validation studies in accordance with CAP requirements prior to
implementing new tests, including FDA cleared/approved tests and laboratory-developed tests.
Understand validation requirements for FDA cleared/approved tests modified by the
laboratory.
Appropriately deal with issues related to validation of tests on unusual matrices.
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Format: Webinar
Level: Advanced
Implementing Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) as a Clinical Tool in the Laboratory
Presenter: Nazneen Aziz, PhD
Next Generation Sequencing is a revolutionary new technology that is being applied for diagnostic
medicine. This session will discuss the complexities of this new tool and related CAP activities. New
CAP standards related to the laboratory analytical wet bench and bioinformatics workflow for NGS will
be introduced.
Objectives
Learn about a revolutionary new technology that is being applied for diagnostic medicine.
Recognize the complexities of the next generation sequencing (NGS) workflow.
Identify CAP’s activities in the NGS area.
Identify the standards developed by the CAP for the laboratory analytical wet bench and
bioinformatics workflow for NGS.
Format: Audioconference
Level: Advanced
Analytical Measurement Range: Examples and Approaches
Presenter: William Castellani, MD, FCAP
This session will review the concept of the analytical measurement range and what must be done to
ensure compliance with CAP checklist requirements and CLIA requirements for reportable range
verification and calibration verification. Examples that illustrate the concepts and approaches to
compliance will be discussed.
Objectives
Define and describe the analytical reportable range and how it compares to the CLIA'88
reportable range.
Compare the CAP requirements for validation of the analytical measurement range to CLIA'88
calibration verification.
Discuss strategies for satisfying accreditation requirements.
Format: Audioconference
Level: Basic
Point-of-Care Testing for Coagulation: Limitations and Challenges
Presenter: Russell Higgins, MD, FCAP
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Point-of-care testing will be discussed from the perspective of a hemostasis core laboratory that
oversees point-of-care testing. PT/INR, ACT, and quantitative D-dimer methods will be discussed.
Challenges of appropriate utilization, intralaboratory comparisons, and methodology limitations will be
addressed.
Objectives
Apply point-of-care testing for PT/INR, ACT, and D-dimer to appropriate clinical settings.
Identify point-of-care testing limitations for coagulation.
Compare point-of-care and bench top methods.
Develop strategies to improve utilization of point-of-care testing for coagulation.
Format: Audioconference
Level: Basic
Integrating Labs—Why, When, and How—The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Presenter: Paul Urie, MD, PhD, FCAP
This webinar will help participants understand how laboratory integration can benefit individual
laboratories and create a laboratory system that increases standardization and efficiencies while
reducing costs. Participants will learn how to integrate laboratories and learn to identify when clinical
and business conditions are appropriate to start the process. Discussion will include how to manage
change, extol the virtues of integration, and how to avoid the pitfalls that might delay or doom the
integration process.
Objectives
Identify the benefits, challenges, and common barriers to laboratory integration.
Identify laboratory strengths, procedures, organizational resources, and key laboratory
personnel needed to facilitate successful laboratory integration.
Define components of the laboratory integration process to maximize benefits, reduce
challenges, avoid pitfalls, and remain friends.
Format: Webinar
Level: Basic
Checklist Updates for Anatomic Pathology
Presenter: Gerald A. Hoeltge, MD, FCAP
Being in compliance is not just an inspection day activity. Not staying current with requirements can
cost you time and money. Join this audioconference for an explanation of the most recent revisions to
the CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program checklist requirements for Anatomic Pathology. You will
learn how these changes will affect the inspection process and the rationale for the changes along with
tips for implementing them in your own laboratory.
Objectives
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List the most recent changes to the Laboratory Program accreditation requirements
(checklists) for AP.
Recognize the most common deficiencies reported in 2012.
Use the checklist changes to prepare for your laboratory for inspection.
Format: Audioconference
Level: Basic
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