CPA Policy

CPA Policy and General Information - associated printable WebPages and (pdf) documentation:

Accreditation of Managed Pathology Networks

CPA Guidance on Andrology Testing

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

Annual Management Review

Bibliography of websites for use with CPA Standards for the Medical Laboratory and Standards for EQA Schemes in Laboratory Medicine

Changes to the Assessment Process, Fee Structures and the Level of Fees

Biological agents: managing the risks in laboratories and healthcare premises

Working Time Regulations

References for use with CPA Standards - August 2007

Mergers Policy

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