2018 Surveys and Anatomic Pathology Education Programs

340 Pages·2017·9.9 MB·English

Get the most comprehensive offering of innovative and scientifically
developed proficiency testing programs. From routine to esoteric, our
programs help you deliver performance you can measure and accuracy
you can trust.
• Accuracy-Based Programs • Histocompatibility 2018 Surveys and Anatomic
• Anatomic Pathology • Immunology and Flow Cytometry
Pathology Education Programs
• Blood Gas, Critical Care, and Oximetry • Instrumentation Validation Tools
• Coagulation • Microbiology
Performance you can measure. Accuracy you can trust.
• Continuing Education • Point-of-Care
• Endocrinology • Quality Cross Check
• Forensic Sciences • Quality Management Tools
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• General Chemistry and Therapeutic • Reproductive Medicine
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Drug Monitoring
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• Toxicology
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• Genetics and Molecular Pathology
• Transfusion Medicine, Viral Markers,
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• Hematology and Clinical Microscopy and Parentage Testing
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325 Waukegan Road
Northfield, IL 60093-2750
800-323-4040
847-832-7000 (Country code: 001)
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Performance you can measure.
You can offer your staff more than
Accuracy you can trust.
100 CE credits
Laboratory medicine is changing at a rapid pace. Our comprehensive range of
programs is constantly evolving to keep you in step with these changes, enabling you
to have more time for what matters most—accuracy in the laboratory.
Preview new innovations to help simplify your efforts.
Gain insight at a glance.
Monitor performance across all graded CAP proficiency testing programs using the
Performance Analytics Dashboard. This complimentary web-based reporting solution
gives you fast access to a single laboratory or an expansive network’s performance.
Keep pace with advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS).
Add a level of quality assurance to ensure you deliver accurate and reliable test results
with seven new NGS programs. Assess germline variants and improve diagnostic skills
with the new Variant Interpretation Only (VIP), our first NGS educational program to
provide CME/CE credit.
Submit your laboratory’s slides and receive an expert evaluation of your tissue
staining preparation.
Participate in the new HistoQIP programs evaluating gynecologic biopsy preparation
(HQBX4), mismatch repair protein IHC staining (HQMMR), and IHC staining of
non-small cell lung carcinoma (HQNSC).
Streamline your educational efforts using our improved process for claiming
CME/CE credit.
Claiming CME/CE credit associated with the anatomic pathology educational Enhance your learning with continuing education (CE) content that is tightly
programs has been simplified to save you time. integrated with proficiency testing challenges.
• For many of our Surveys, each member of a participating laboratory has
complimentary enrollment to online CE activities.
• Meet certification and licensure requirements with CE across multiple disciplines.
Purchase your Surveys and manage your account online. Visit cap.org and • Advance skills with education activities delivered from more than 500 experts.
click on the SHOP tab.
• Access CE activities for up to 12 months.
To learn more and see how to access CE, visit cap.org and search Surveys CE.
Table of Contents
2018 Surveys and Anatomic Pathology Education Programs
1 NewDevelopments ...................................... 3–6 15 Microbiology......................................... 169–200
Bacteriology................................................ 170
2 ContinuingEducation ................................ 7–20
Mycobacteriology ....................................... 183
ContinuingEducationPrograms ..................... 8
CompetencyAssessmentProgram ............... 15 Mycology..................................................... 184
QMEd™ Online EducationalCourses............. 18 Parasitology................................................ 187
Virology....................................................... 191
3 QualityManagementTools ...................... 21–40
Q-PROBESTM.................................................. 24 MolecularMicrobiology............................... 193
Q-TRACKS®.................................................... 29 Infectious Disease Serology........................ 200
Q-MONITORS®............................................... 38
16 ImmunologyandFlowCytometry........ 201–212
4 QualityCrossCheck................................. 41–50
Immunology................................................ 202
5 Point-of-Care Programs .......................... 51–54 FlowCytometry........................................... 209
6 GeneralChemistryandTherapeutic
17 TransfusionMedicine,ViralMarkers,
DrugMonitoring ....................................... 55–80
andParentageTesting ......................... 213–228
GeneralChemistryandTherapeutic
TransfusionMedicine.................................. 214
DrugMonitoring ........................................ 56
UrineChemistry ............................................ 68 ViralMarkers .............................................. 224
SpecialChemistry......................................... 71 ParentageTesting ....................................... 227
7 Endocrinology .......................................... 81–90
18 Histocompatibility............................... 229–234
8 BloodGas,CriticalCare,
19 GeneticsandMolecularPathology...... 235–254
andOximetry............................................ 91–94
Cytogenetics............................................... 236
9 Toxicology............................................... 95–108
Biochemical and MolecularGenetics.......... 239
10 Accuracy-BasedPrograms .................. 109–114 Next-GenerationSequencing ..................... 246
Accuracy-BasedPrograms ......................... 110 MolecularOncology—SolidTumors ............ 250
ValidatedMaterials .................................... 114 MolecularOncology—Hematologic............. 254
11 InstrumentationValidationTools........ 115–132
20 AnatomicPathology............................. 255–278
CalibrationVerification/Linearity ................ 116
SurgicalPathology...................................... 256
InstrumentationQuality
ManagementPrograms ........................... 129 GeneralImmunohistochemistry.................. 267
PredictiveMarkers ..................................... 269
12 Hematologyand
SpecialtyAnatomicPathology .................... 270
ClinicalMicroscopy.............................. 133–152
Cytopathology............................................. 272
Hematology................................................. 134
ClinicalMicroscopy..................................... 144
21 ForensicSciences................................ 279–284
13 ReproductiveMedicine........................ 153–156
Andrology and Embryology.......................... 154 22 Analyte/ProcedureIndex..................... 285–332
14 Coagulation ...........................................157–168 23 ProgramCodePageIndex .................... 333–336
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Simplify analysis and reporting of PT
and accreditation performance using
the Performance Analytics Dashboard.
•Quickly identify trends/patterns to mitigate risk
with the ability to access up to three years or three
accreditationcyclesofdata.
•Benchmark your laboratory against your peers and
CAP-wide performance.
•Consolidate multiple CAP numbers to view a single
dashboardfor an entire system.
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Quality ManagementTools
Subsection Name Program Code Page(s)
Q-PROBES™ PhysicianSatisfactionwithClinicalLaboratoryServices QP181 25
Q-PROBES LaboratoryStaffTurnover QP182 26
TechnicalCompetencyAssessment
Q-PROBES QP183 27
ofBodyFluidSlideReview
LaboratoryResultTurnaroundTimefor
Q-PROBES QP184 28
EmergencyRoomSpecimens
Quality Cross Check
Section Name Program Code Page(s)
RTQ,RT2Q,
QualityCrossCheck QualityCrossCheck—ReticulocyteSeries 47
RT3Q,RT4Q
General Chemistry andTherapeutic Drug Monitoring
Subsection Name Program Code Page(s)
SpecialChemistry TraceMetals,WholeBlood TMWB 79
Endocrinology
Section Name Program Code Page(s)
Endocrinology NoninvasivePrenatalTesting NIPT 87
Toxicology
Section Name Program Code Page(s)
Toxicology TraceMetals,WholeBlood TMWB 103
Toxicology ToxicologyQualityProgram TQP 108
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RTQ,RT2Q,
Hematology QualityCrossCheck—Reticulocyte 140
RT3Q,RT4Q
Microbiology
Subsection Name Program Code Page(s)
Bacteriology MRSAScreen,Molecular,2Challenge MRS2M 179
Bacteriology MRSAScreen,Molecular,5Challenge MRS5M 179
Parasitology ExpandedParasitology PEX 189
MolecularMicrobiology Vector-BorneDisease—Molecular VBDM 195
Immunology and Flow Cytometry
Subsection Name Program Code Page(s)
Immunology Alpha-2-Macroglobulin A2MG 204
FlowCytometry B-ALLMinimalResidualDisease BALL 210
FlowCytometry FlowCytometry, PlasmaCellNeoplasms PCNEO 211
Coagulation
Section Name Program Code Page(s)
Coagulation ApixabanAnticoagulantMonitoring APXBN 161
Transfusion Medicine,Viral Markers,and ParentageTesting
Subsection Name Program Code Page(s)
ViralMarkers Vector-BorneDisease—Molecular VBDM 226
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BiochemicalandMolecularGenetics VariantInterpretationOnly VIP/VIP1 244
BiochemicalandMolecularGenetics NoninvasivePrenatalTesting NIPT 245
Next-GenerationSequencingUndiagnosed
Next-GenerationSequencing NGSE 248
Disorders—Exome
Next-Generation SequencingBioinformatics
Next-GenerationSequencing NGSBV 249
SomaticValidatedMaterial
MolecularOncology—SolidTumors IGHVMutationAnalysis IGHV 250
MolecularOncology—SolidTumors CellFreeDNA CFDNA 252
MolecularOncology—SolidTumors RNASequencing RNA 252
Anatomic Pathology
Subsection Name Program Code Page(s)
SurgicalPathology CAP/NSHHistoQIPMismatchRepairIHC HQMMR 264
SurgicalPathology CAP/NSHHistoQIPNon-smallCellLungCarcinomaIHC HQNSC 265
SurgicalPathology CAP/NSHHistoQIPSpecialtySeriesGynecologicBiopsy HQBX4 266
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Continuing Education
ContinuingEducationPrograms.......................................................................................................................8
CompetencyAssessmentProgram.................................................................................................................15
QMEd™OnlineEducationalCourses..............................................................................................................18
New Programs
QualityCultureQMEdCourse(ISOEDCL)........................................................................................................19
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Continuing Education Programs
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(ACCME)toprovidecontinuingmedicaleducationforphysicians.
CMECategory1
TheCAPdesignatestheseenduringmaterialseducationalactivitiesfora maximumofthestatednumberofAMAPRACategory
1CreditsTM.Physiciansshouldclaimonlythecreditcommensuratewiththeextentoftheirparticipationintheactivity.
NotetoCMEparticipantsofenduring*materialscourses:
AnAMArequirementmandatesthatallphysicianswishingtoclaimCMEcreditsmustpassascoredassessment.AllCAP
enduringmaterialsCMEcoursesrequireparticipantsto passascoredassessmentpriortoclaimingcredit.
*Enduringcoursesarethosecoursesthatendureovertime,suchasprintoronlinecourses.
CE(Continuing EducationforNonphysicians)
TheCAPdesignatestheseeducationalactivitiesfora maximumofthestatednumberofcreditsofcontinuingeducation.
Participantsshouldclaimonlythecreditcommensuratewiththeextentoftheirparticipationintheactivity.
TheAmericanSocietyforClinicalPathology(ASCP)BoardofCertification(BOC)CertificationMaintenanceProgram(CMP)
acceptstheseactivitiestomeetitscontinuingeducationrequirements.ThestatesofCalifornia andFloridaalsoapprovethese
activitiesforcontinuingeducationcredit.
CytotechnologistsmayapplythecreditsfromthePAPEducation(PAPCE/PAPJE/PAPKE/PAPLE/PAPME),NGC,FNAG,FNA,
andTICPprogramstowardtherequirededucationalactivitiesfortheAmerican SocietyofCytopathology(ASC)Continuing
EducationCreditProgram(CECC) andthe InternationalAcademyofCytology(IAC).
Thisactivityiseligibleforcontinuingmedicaleducation(CME)creditorcontinuingeducation(CE)credit.
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