Guest guest Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 RE: Pap Mills and CLIA Fun trivia...I guess the original Pap Mill expose was actually in 1987 in the WSJ. Then CLIA Act in 1988. References 1. Bogdanich W. Lax Laboratories: The Pap test misses much cervical cancer through labs’ efforts. Wall Street Journal. November 2, 1987:1,20. 2. Bogdanich W. Physician’s carelessness with Pap tests is cited in procedure’s high failure rate. Wall Street Journal. December 29, 1987:17. http://wwwn.cdc.gov/cliac/pdf/Addenda/cliac0208/Addendum%20G.pdf 1988–Clinical Laboratories Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA-88) enacted –CAP disseminates public information to women on importance of routine Pap smears in response to Wall Street Journal " Pap mill " expose and strengthens accreditation program for cytology –CAP, AMA, AAFP, and ASIM establish the Commission on Office Laboratory Accreditation (COLA) for physician office laboratories –Accreditation program first offered for forensic urine drug testing (FUDT) Locke, MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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