Unsuccessful Participation in Proficiency Testing (Unsuccessful Participation in PT)

Date of Publication:

5/29/2014

Definition:

Unsatisfactory performance for the same analyte in two consecutive or two out of three testing events.

Repeated unsatisfactory overall testing event scores for two consecutive or two out of three testing events for the same specialty or subspecialty.

An unsatisfactory testing event score for those subspecialties not graded by analyte (bacteriology, mycobacteriology, virology, parasitology, mycology, blood compatibility, immunohematology, or syphilis serology) for the same subspecialty for two consecutive or two out of three testing events. Per paragraph 7b(3) of Enclosure 3 of this manual, CLIP requires individual assessment of PT performance for each analyte rather than following CLIA’s practice of combining procedures into subspecialty groups.

Failure of a laboratory performing gynecologic cytology to meet the standard in paragraph 7h of Enclosure 3 of DoDM 6440.02