Urinalysis and Body Fluids 6th Edition by Majorie DiLorenzo, Susan Strasinger

Exercise 4

As the new supervisor of the urinalysis section, you encounter the following situations. Explain whether you would accept them or take corrective action.

a. You are told that the supervisor always performs the CAP proficiency survey.

b. QC is not performed daily on the reagent strips.

c. The urinalysis section is primarily staffed by personnel assigned to other departments for whom you have no personnel data.

Step 1 of 3

a.

Supervisor performed CAP proficiency survey is correct.

The CAP proficiency survey test should be performed by the personnel and the test is rotated among personnel who performs the test.