Why Accuracy-Based Programs are Important to Ensure Quality Laboratory Testing

The CAP’s Accuracy-Based programs use genuine human specimens that exhibit essentially no matrix effects. Such samples can be used to compare different methods to each other and to reference methods. In so doing, pathologists and laboratory professionals can assess whether the method used in their laboratories is accurate, not just that your performance matches your peer group. In this CAPcast, Gary Horowitz, MD, FCAP, Chair of the CAP’s Accuracy-Based Programs Committee, explains why it’s important to incorporate accuracy-based testing into your quality process. For more information about the CAP’s Accuracy-Based programs, please visit https://capatholo.gy/3qtcJMF.