The Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) has awarded accreditation to Memorial Hospital Laboratory, Carthage, Illinois, based on a recent on-site inspection part of the CAP’s Accreditation Programs.

 

The facility’s Medical Director, Jason W. Barnes, MD, was advised of this national recognition and congratulated for the excellence of the provided services. Memorial Hospital Laboratory is one of more than 8,000 CAP-accredited facilities worldwide.

 

“We are proud of our lab,” says Memorial Hospital Laboratory Director Robert Deveraux “Our laboratory must meet over 3,000 standards set forth by CAP accreditation.  Over 10,000 tests are performed annually in the following areas: Blood Bank, Hematology, Coagulation, Urinalysis, Chemistry and Blood Gas, Serology, Point of Care, Microbiology, and Molecular.  Staff competency must be maintained in all areas of testing”. 

 

The United States federal government recognizes the CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program, begun in the early 1960s, as equal to or more stringent than the government’s inspection program.

 

During the CAP accreditation process, designed to ensure the highest standard of care for all laboratory patients, inspectors examine the laboratory’s records and quality control of procedures for the preceding two years.  Cap inspectors also examine laboratory staff qualifications, equipment, facilities, safety program, records, and overall management.

 

About the College of American Pathologists

As the world’s largest organization of board-certified pathologists and the leading provider of laboratory accreditation and proficiency testing programs, the College of American Pathologists (CAP) serves patients, pathologists, and the public by fostering and advocating excellence in the practice of pathology and laboratory medicine worldwide