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As
published in the April issue, beginning with the August 1, 2007
application deadline, laboratories will no longer submit the
following attachments as part of their applications for accreditation
or reaccreditation:
- Medical
licenses for all physicians
- Credential
cards for all sonographers
- Policy
for the method and frequency for replenishing emergency supplies
- Infectious
disease policy
- Transducer
cleaning policy
- Policy
for handling acute medical emergencies
- Maintenance
agreements for all ultrasound equipment
- Patient
assessment and monitoring policies and forms for Stress and
TEE
- Conscious
sedation policy for TEE
- TEE
transducer cleaning policy
- Continuing
Medical Education (CME) documentation
(Please note: CME pages within the application must be
submitted.)
In lieu of requiring all laboratories to submit
these attachments, the ICAEL will randomly audit a percentage
of the applications received each quarter and require ONLY that
select group to submit the documentation. Laboratories randomly
selected to submit the attachments will receive notification
via certified mail, addressed to the Medical and Technical Directors
of the laboratory. Subsequently, the selected laboratories will
be given 45 days to return the required attachments to the ICAEL
office for review. Failure by the laboratory to provide the
ICAEL with the documentation within the 45 days of such request
during the accreditation review process will result in postponement
of the accreditation decision.
To continue to ensure the integrity of the accreditation
program, the Medical Director of each applicant laboratory will
be required to sign, and have notarized, the Random Audit
Acknowledgment/Consent document, agreeing to maintain accurate
and current documentation in a file on site at all times, in
a manner that is consistent with any reasonable policies and
procedures established by the ICAEL. By signing the Random Audit
Acknowledgment/Consent, the laboratory's Medical Director, in
turn, will be providing consent for the laboratory to be audited
at any time.
The signed and notarized Random Audit Acknowledgment/Consent
is required with each application submission and can be downloaded
from the ICAEL website at www.icael.org/icael/pdfs/randomaudit.rtf.
The ICAEL Board of Directors adopted this new policy to make
both the application and review processes more efficient for
applicant laboratories, as well as for the inhouse and peer
reviewers.
Any questions about this new policy should be
directed to the ICAEL at 800-838-2110 or by email, using the
online staff directory
published at www.icael.org.
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