Introduction
The CAP Pathology & Laboratory Quality Center (‘The Center’) is a forum for developing guidelines and protocols in areas related to the practice of pathology.
The Center
- Ensures quality in diagnostic medicine, its linkage with patient outcomes, and the role of the pathologist in improving quality and contributing to patient care.
- Focuses on areas that are directly involved in the practice of pathology, pathologists and their role in lab medicine.
- Uses a multidisciplinary approach to assure broad acceptance of guidelines.
- Conducts the medical literature research necessary to support development of practice guidelines and protocols.
- Identifies and collaborates with other organizations on protocol development needs for supporting research (e.g. HER2 tissue fixation).
- Facilitates the coordination of consensus activities in the absence of evidence-based practice guidelines.
