title: A survey measuring the degree of model compliance plan for clinical laboratories implementation in small/rural hospital laboratories.
abstract: The Office of the Inspector General published the Model Compliance Plan for Clinical Laboratories (MCPL) in February 1997. In March and April 1998, a survey of 200 Midwest hospital laboratory managers (hospital size < or = 200 beds) was performed to determine the degree to which their laboratories had implemented the various recommendations of the MCPL. Of the 200 surveys sent out, 76 were returned--a 38% response rate. Aspects of the survey were broken down into two categories: "Laboratory Manager Responsibility," those items that can be implemented independently by the laboratory manager; and "Administration Responsibility," those items requiring administration's direction. With the exception of rewriting job descriptions to include compliance issues, > or = 75% of the laboratory managers have implemented the items within their power.
authors.affiliation: Barton County Memorial Hospital, Lamar, MO, USA.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Beatty
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D005607:Fraud / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006743:Hospital Bed Capacity, under 100; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D015146:Midwestern United States