“CAP Is Coming – What Do I Do Now?”
Kathleen David, MT(ASCP)

Session description: The session describes the steps to take to prepare for a  CAP inspection, including how to prepare the POCT users and how to ensure that all new CAP checklist questions are addressed. It will also cover the top common citations.

1. Describe the steps to take to prepare for a CAP inspection.
2. Discuss what to do when the inspector arrives.
3. List and address the top CAP citations for POCT.

“Reducing Human Errors in Point of Care Testing through Performance Improvement and Measuring Quality Indicators”
Jeanne Mumford, MT(ASCP)

Session description: Whether you have an established or new and growing Point of Care program, making meaningful quality improvements can be achieved through the use of a quality dashboard and indicators. In this presentation, you’ll learn how to choose a quality indicator (QI) and measure it over time in order to establish annual targets. Through the use of multidisciplinary team meetings in your hospital or physician’s office, you’ll learn how to improve patient safety and even help your teams meet national patient safety goals and be inspection ready. You’ll see how to build a quality dashboard, go through the process of setting targets and discuss corrective actions that will help you to meet them. If you are looking for help for your POCT program to be more inspection ready, be highly efficient and safer for your patients, then this presentation is for you.

1. Learn how to select indicators
2. Learn how to manage expectations for reducing human errors and improving patient safety through quality indicators
3. Describe how to gather baseline data and determine your target goals for your indicators

Regulatory Roundtable – speakers are invited to lead discussions from audience regarding current CAP, TJC, or COLA inspections. Bring your latest inspection results, deficiencies, citations, and corrective action plans. Gain insights and suggestions from your colleagues.

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
lilah.evans@jefferson.edu

Thomas Jefferson Hospital's City Center Campus is bound by 8th and 11th Streets and Chestnut and Locust Streets.

For directions, click here.

Parking: there is a Jefferson garage which is $26 for a day, but they can get their parking validated which brings it down to $17/day. 

• Parking garage: 10th and Chestnut (entrance is on 10th St, left hand side). 
• When you are leaving for the day, go to the 2nd floor of the garage and cross the bridge over 10th Street into Jefferson’s lobby. 
• There is a validation machine at the desk.