CPA Policy and General Information

Associated printable PDF documentation:

CPA Guidance on Andrology Testing (30/11/10)

Requirement for exclusion zones around centrifuges

Use of Grade B Clinical Scientists and BMS Grade 3 as assessors

Separating out repertoire

The requirement for the name of the referral laboratory to be included on the report forms

CPA agreement regarding Conditional Approval

Guidance to the requirements for clinical laboratories seeking accreditation who use remote analytical and reporting services for routine work

Electronic documentation

CPA Policy - Suspension of Department (30/04/10)

Annual Management Review

Bibliography of websites for use with CPA Standards for the Medical Laboratory and Standards for EQA Schemes in Laboratory Medicine (26/02/10)

Biological agents: managing the risks in laboratories and healthcare premises

Working Time Regulations

References for use with CPA Standards - April 2010 (20/04/10)

Out-of-hours reporting of markedly abnormal laboratory test results to primary care : Advice to pathologists and those that work in laboratory medicine

Traceability and Measurement Uncertainty (12/12/08)

Guidance on Monitoring of Class 2 Safety Cabinet (25/03/09) 

Peer Assessment of Laboratories Participating in Screening Test Programmes (20/08/09) 

CPA Mergers Policy (27/05/11)