EFFORTS ARE UNDER WAY TO REVIEW existing requirements for laboratory certification under the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA). CLIA legislation was a response by Congress to widely-publicized failings in the quality and performance of certain cytology and office laboratories during the 1980s. It has been 16 years since the existing requirements took effect. It […]
- "Regulatory Update"
Current Review of CLIA Standards Intended to Address Laboratory PT
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XV No. 13 - September 29, 2008 Issue
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