Related Information

• Don’t forget! If you add a new test... add the activity code to your CAP accreditation test menu.
• Update your accreditation personnel records to ensure the proper person receives accreditation notices.

  Resources

• PT Exception Investigation Checklist (Word, 775 K)

• Definitions

• Proficiency Testing Compliance FAQs

• Troubleshooting Guide for Proficiency Testing Data
   (July 2009) (PDF, 174 KB)

• Getting the Most Out of Your Proficiency Testing

• Responding to a Missing Enrollment E-mail

• Analyte Specific PT Troubleshooting

  Contact the Compliance Group

Operations Specialist, LAP PT Compliance Group

• Phone: 800-323-4040, ext. 6052
• Fax: 847-832-8174

Or you may send your response to the following address:

LAP PT Compliance Group Operations Specialist College of American Pathologists 325 Waukegan Road Northfield, IL 60093-2750

For questions concerning the results your laboratory reported in this PTCN, please contact your PT provider.

For questions about your PTCN report, please contact Customer Service at 800-323-4040 option 1.

  Proficiency Testing Compliance Notices (PTCN)

You may have received one of the following notices if you have not enrolled, participated, or performed satisfactorily in CAP-accepted proficiency testing (PT).

Non-enrollment PTCN		Non-participation PTCN		Performance PTCN
If your laboratory received this notice, the CAP Accreditation Program has not received enrollment data from your PT provider for the activity listed in the notice. View resources....		If you have received this notice, your laboratory is enrolled in PT but the CAP Accreditation Program did not receive PT scores for the activity listed. View resources....		If you have received this notice, you may have unsatisfactory or unsuccessful performance on a PT challenge. View resources....