An upcoming 2019
CAP inspection has everyone pulling together to ensure compliance and seek out issues needing resolution.
Its current applications include 360 A crown or
cap inspection, bottle sorting, body and neck label inspection, date code inspection and fill level inspection.
Luckily, through structured meetings and project management, we were well prepared before the
CAP inspection.
The certification, received following
CAP inspection at Genetworx's clinical lab in Glen Allen, Virginia, is granted to facilities that exceed inspection qualifications.
"Next week is our
CAP inspection. One of their new checklist questions is documentation of document management processes," she explains.
One example is the
Cap Inspection System from Enercon.
You've made a few changes, inactivated and added some rules, edited your value lists and now your
CAP inspection is coming up.
A recent web article discussing updates to
CAP inspection requirements identified that, "analyte-specific reagent requirements were removed from several discipline-specific checklists ...
CAP inspection teams use the checklists as a guide to assess the laboratory's overall management and operation.
According to CAP's website, "the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted the CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program deeming authority, which allows
CAP inspection in lieu of a CMS inspection.
When preparing for an inspection (such as a
CAP inspection), it is important to keep abreast of the most common deficiencies found in laboratories as well as upcoming topics that are "hot" for a closer scrutiny during the inspectors' visit.