"CAP is Coming: What Do I Do Next?"

This webinar describes the steps to take to prepare for a CAP inspection, including how to prepare the POCT operators and how to ensure that new CAP checklist questions are addressed. This session will also address the top common citations for POCT and how to address them.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the steps to take to prepare for a CAP inspection.
• Discuss what to do when the inspector arrives.
• List and address the top citations for POCT.

About the Speaker

Kathleen David, MT(ASCP)
Point-of-Care Testing Manager
TriCore Reference Lab

Kathleen has been in the lab field for over 40 years and in POCT for over 20 years. She is the manager for Point-of-Care at TriCore Reference Lab in Albuquerque, NM. Her job encompasses three health systems, with 15 hospitals and over 100 clinics, urgent care centers, and physician offices performing POCT. Her POCT team includes four technical supervisors and 18 POC technicians. She is currently president of the Southwest Regional Point-of-Care Group. Kathleen has two children, one of whom has recently joined the laboratory field and works at TriCore! Kathleen originally trained to be a professional opera singer, but then came to her senses and went back to her original interest in biology. She has worked in laboratories in five different states and in many different positions. This position, however, is her dream job! When not working, she enjoys choral singing, reading, and seeing the sights of wherever she happens to be!

We thank the South Carolina POC Network for their commitment to supporting continuing education.

Orchard Software is a proud sponsor of this P.A.C.E®-accredited opportunity on behalf of ​Whitehat Communications