 Will laboratories receive a one-hour security notice to announce an on-site inspection?
Why did the CAP implement this process?
When will this new notification process become effective?
Who will be responsible for making this notification?
Does this security notification apply to the CAP Reproductive Laboratory Accreditation Program (RLAP) , The Forensic Drug Testing Program (FDT) or to International Laboratories?
What telephone number will the team leader call?
What if I do not receive the call on the scheduled day of the inspection?
What if no one is available to receive the inspection notification call at the laboratory?
Who do I contact to make changes to this phone number?
Does the CAP plan to make inspection site information available on its Web site the morning of the inspection?
Will laboratories receive a one-hour security notice to announce an on-site inspection?
The Laboratory Accreditation Program (LAP) will instruct team leaders to call and announce their intent to inspect one-hour prior to the arrival of the inspection team. The purpose of this announcement is to prepare the laboratory from a security standpoint. This new provision provides a security notice that enables a laboratory to confirm that the CAP has authorized the team coming to inspect them. The team leader will continue to present the announcement letter to administration at time of arrival.
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Why did the CAP implement this process?
This proactive measure was initiated to ensure adequate security measures are in place while at the same time enhance the inspection process.
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When will this new notification process become effective?
Team leaders that receive their inspection packets after August 1, 2007, will be instructed to make the security calls one-hour before arrival.
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Who will be responsible for making this notification?
The team leader will be instructed to make this call.
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Does this security notification apply to the CAP Reproductive Laboratory Accreditation Program (RLAP) , The Forensic Drug Testing Program (FDT) or to International Laboratories?
No. This notification only applies to domestic laboratories that participate in an routine, unannounced inspection. The RLAP, FDT and International inspections do not occur unannounced and therefore this notification would not apply to those inspections.
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What telephone number will the team leader call?
The team leader will be instructed to call the number provided in the inspection packet. This number will be the laboratory telephone phone number provided in the laboratory’s Application/Reapplication packet.
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What if I do not receive the call on the scheduled day of the inspection?
The inspection team leader is instructed to call the laboratory one hour before the scheduled inspection time. If no call is received prior to the arrival of the inspection team, the team leader will present the laboratory with the announcement letter upon arrival and the inspection will proceed.
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What if no one is available to receive the inspection notification call at the laboratory?
The CAP recommends that a laboratory list a contact
telephone phone number that will be answered by an individual with instructions
on what to do. If no call is received prior to the arrival of the inspection
team, the team leader will present the laboratory with the announcement letter
upon arrival and the inspection will proceed.
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Who do I contact to make changes to this phone number?
A laboratory is responsible for notifying the CAP
of pertinent demographic changes at any time by calling 800-323-4040 or e-mailing accred@cap.org.
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Does the CAP plan to make inspection site information
available on its Website the morning of the inspection?
The CAP does not intend to announce inspections on
its Website.
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For further questions or comments, please contact the Laboratory Accreditation
Program at 800-323-4040 or e-mail accred@cap.org.
Thank you for your continued support of the College of American Pathologists’ Laboratory Accreditation Programs.
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