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Summary:
IAW CFR 493.1423 (Subpart M) Standard: Moderate testing personnel qualifications and CFR 493.1365 (Subpart M) Standard: Moderate testing personnel responsibilities, this Job Description will ensure that the highest internal standards are adhered to while meeting each of the following standards for laboratory personnel who are not formally trained through an MT/MLT program but are considered testing personnel at EARH. Scope of practice for these staff members consist of performing and resulting “moderate complexity” complexity or below meaning waived testing. EARH does not currently perform any “high complexity” testing. In the event that changes, under no circumstances will these staff members perform such testing.
Requirements:
Have earned a high school diploma or equivalent, and have documentation of training appropriate for the testing performed prior to analyzing patient specimens. Such training must ensure that the individual has:
The skills required for proper specimen collection, including patient preparation, if applicable, labeling, handling, preservation or fixation, processing or preparation, transportation and storage of specimens, and
The skills required for implementing all standard laboratory procedures, and
The skills required for performing each test method and for proper instrument use, and
The skills required for performing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and calibration procedures related to each test performed, and
A working knowledge of reagent stability and storage, and
The skills required to implement quality control policies and procedures of the laboratory, and
An awareness of the factors that influence test results, and the skills required to assess and verify the validity of patient test results through the evaluation of quality control sample values prior to reporting patient test results.
