Document Control

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Is It Time to Replace Your Document Control System? A Practical Framework

Most labs and healthcare organizations don’t decide to replace their document control system — they endure it until the pain becomes undeniable. An inspection citation, a quality manager inheriting years of disorganized files, or a staff member pulling up an outdated SOP during a procedure. Something eventually forces the question: is what we have actually […]

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Version Control Best Practices

At StaffReady, we write about many issues organizations can have during laboratory inspections. Often, the lack of compliance is because of omission: policies or procedures that are not fully documented or are not always followed. However, this isn’t always the most pervasive issue; sometimes organizations face citations because their procedures or policies are not wrong

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The Keys to Minimizing Cost and Maximizing Value in Ancillary Services

Ancillary services are a crucial part of the medical system, providing additional support for healthcare and laboratory organizations. They are crucial in the medical ecosystem because they provide personal critical care to patients who have undergone or are about to go through treatment. Ancillary services can typically cover a wide range of types, including hospice,

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Test Records That Fail Inspections: How to Avoid one of the top Documentation Deficiencies

If it’s not documented, it didn’t happen. That phrase is gospel during a CAP or CLIA inspection and it’s why incomplete or missing test records consistently ranks high in the list of deficiency citations. Inspectors want clear, retrievable, and complete documentation for every test your lab performs. This includes manual logs, instrument outputs, QC records,

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