Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance

The laboratory Quality Assurance Program is consistent with the high standards of the medical laboratory industry and follows the guidelines established by the Department of Health and Human Services and the accreditation standards set by the College of American Pathologists. Quality assurance begins with the proper procedural documentation of every aspect of the laboratory service performed which includes specimen collection, specimen processing and accessioning, instrument maintenance, method calibration, data evaluation/review and results reporting.

In addition to the above in-house procedures, Pacific Toxicology participates in external Proficiency Testing Programs. Our performance in these external programs validates reliable quality results and provides the extra dimension of intra-laboratory data comparison.