Laboratory Quality Assurance - Washington State Department of Health

The Office of Laboratory Quality Assurance (LQA) monitors proficiency testing (PT) performance according to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) requirements for PT as specified in CLIA.

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Laboratories must authorize their PT company to release their PT results to LQA for monitoring. This is done at the time of enrollment in the PT program for the current year. If the PT company does not send copies of PT results to LQA for monitoring, the laboratory will receive an unsatisfactory grade for non-participation and may jeopardize the facility’s MTS license. LQA will notify the Federal Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of any adverse actions relating to PT; this information will be published by CMS in its annual Laboratory Registry Report.

For further assistance with your Washington State business requirements, visit the Learn about Doing Business in Washington Web page.

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Washington State Department of Health
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P.O. Box 47852
Olympia, WA 98504-7852
Phone: (360) 236-2905
Fax: (360) 236-2901

Last Update : 05/21/2009 06:40 PM
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