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	Volume 85 - Fall 2003	Download

Greetings From the new CLSPRC Chair

by Claudia Miller, PhD, MT(ASCP), CLS(NCA)
Chairman, NAACLS Clinical Laboratory Sciences Programs Review Committee

As the new Chair of the Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program Review Committee (CLSPRC), I would like to tell you about some projects and plans that NAACLS has for the continued improvement of services to you, the program officials.

The committee and staff are working to integrate the Standards, Guide to Accreditation, Paper Review Form and Site Visit Report for all programs. This, at first was thought to be a simple straightforward job; however, it has become a bigger task than we first thought. At the present time, the revisions are out for review, and the new and improved documents will be available for use very soon. I encourage you to give feedback as you use the forms. What seems user-friendly to the authors may be confusing to the users.

Please, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the NAACLS office or the lead person for your discipline. Information can be found on the NAACLS website, www.naacls.org.

Investigation is proceeding into ways to merge assessment of phlebotomy programs with CLT/MLT programs within the same institution. This would save the program director from writing a separate Self-Study Report for each program.

NAACLS is planning to host a collaborative discussion for organizations concerned with the entry level and utilization issues. It would be similar to the 2000 Futures Conference.

New clinical affiliate requirements have been established. When notifying NAACLS about a new clinical affiliate, the following must be included

Clinical facility fact sheet
Current signed affiliation agreement
Program director's signature attesting that the new affiliate meets the NAACLS' criteria

The Chair of CLSPRC will review the information, and the program will receive acknowledgment from NAACLS.

Additional information that was previously required for new affiliates will now be included in the Self-Study Report under Standard 1.

Cytogenetic technology will transfer to the CLSPRC in Winter 2004. These programs will become accredited instead of approved.

The Board of Directors decreed that the CLSPRC and Programs Approval Review Committee (PARC) merge into one unit. The Affiliated Professions Review Committee (APRC) will remain autonomous.

Marcia Armstrong, Chair of PARC, and I will meet with Kathy Waller and Shauna Anderson, Board of Directors' Representatives, to plan this merger.

Please contact NAACLS if you have any problem or question. Our goal is to maintain high standards while continually improving the service to program officials. Let us know how we are doing.

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Greetings From the new CLSPRC Chair
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Chairman, NAACLS Clinical Laboratory Sciences Programs Review Committee

President's Report
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by David D. Gale, PhD
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Continuing Cause for Compliance Concerns
by Mary Jean Rutherford, MEd, MT(ASCP)SC
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Features

CEO's Corner
Making History
by Olive M. Kimball, PhD, EdD
NAACLS Chief Executive Officer

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Attend the next NAACLS Workshop!

Board of Directors Update
(From the September 27, 2003 Meeting)



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