title: Role of proficiency survey in blood bank quality control.
abstract: The College of American Pathologists' blood bank proficiency survey program began in 1964 and has expanded to a variety of surveys addressing the needs of transfusion services, blood centers and physician office laboratories. Its role has evolved from a purely voluntary educational tool for self-improvement to fulfilling the regulatory requirement of CLIA '88. Its educational component will persist through an ungraded technical portion in association with a supplemental questionnaire and a survey critique.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks / Q000592:standards*; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011786:Quality Control; D014481:United States