I work in a lab that has a ton of satellite clinics, all of which have MTs as well. Often they will train at other locations nearby to provide coverage when needed.
I am being driven slowly mad by the competency assessments this requires as each location has a different CLIA license. For example, Someone works at my center two days a year and needs a full assessment. Or They perform semen analysis at their clinic regularly, but a sample didn’t come in at my location while they were here so we have to put N/A for that or delete it from the competency sheet entirely. (Director doesn’t like N/As).
Does anyone deal with a similar situation? It is so aggravating.
One of my suggestions I’m going to bring up is that we currently treat waived testing like moderate complexity testing (as in we have to have something for all six CLIA competency assessment categories in our packet we turn in) and I know that’s not required by CLIA or COLA so I’m wondering if we can get rid of some of that work.