title: PT requirements for physician office laboratories.
abstract: The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA-88) regulations will require physician office laboratories (POLs) to participate in proficiency testing (PT) for all nonwaivered tests performed in private offices. PT will enhance the quality of the testing performed in a POL.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Voldish
mesh_terms: D007753:Laboratories / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D009515:New Jersey; D010824:Physicians' Offices; D011786:Quality Control