December 2022—Laboratories that provide only waived testing will now have a CAP accreditation program laboratory general (GEN) checklist tailored to waived test procedures, beginning with the 2022 checklist edition released in October.
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First Japanese hospital lab earns CAP accreditation
December 2022—Atsushi Ohtsu, MD, PhD, director of Japan’s prestigious National Cancer Center Hospital East, reached a groundbreaking decision with his management team in February 2020: They decided to pursue CAP accreditation. While the CAP has accredited more than 40 laboratories in Japan, this was to be a first for a Japanese hospital. And it was: In September 2022, the CAP advised the cancer center (NCCE) of its success in achieving accreditation and congratulated the team for the excellence of its laboratory services.
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