AFP Office LaboratoryOur first year residents are scheduled for twelve hours in the first year in our office laboratory with our medical technologist where they review test procedures appropriate for office lab testing. Second and third year residents lab schedules include four hours each year consisting of reviewing proficiency testing, instrument maintenance, writing procedures, OSHA/safety, CLIA personnel requirements, laboratory regulations, laboratory inspection, quality control, quality assurance, test validation and physical design of a laboratory. When finished, the resident will have the 20 hours of training required by CLIA to manage a physician office laboratory.
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