Clinical Laboratory Standards of Practice

• General Systems Standards - Effective August 2020 - Corrected 090920

On September 9, 2020, the headings for the Document and Specimen Retention Standards of practice were corrected.
No change to the language of the standards was made in the corrected version.

Header changes:

• Former Standard and Guidance has been changed to Standard
• Proposed Standard and Guidance has been changed to Guidance

Specialty Requirements by Category

• Andrology - Effective August 2020
• Blood Lead - Effective August 2020
• Blood pH and Gases - Effective August 2020
• Laboratory Blood Services and Immunohematology - Effective August 2020
• Cellular Immunology and Cytokines - Effective August 2020
• Clinical Toxicology - Effective August 2020
• Cytogenetics - Effective August 2020
• Diagnostic Immunology - Effective August 2020
• Fetal Defect Markers - Effective August 2020
• Forensic Identity - Effective August 2020
• Forensic Toxicology - Effective August 2020
• Genetic Testing - Effective August 2020
• Hematology - Effective August 2020
• Histocompatibility - Effective August 2020
• Microbiology Categories - Effective August 2020
• Oncology - Effective August 2020
• Parentage/Identity Testing - Effective August 2020
• Pathology Categories - Effective August 2020
• Trace Elements - Effective August 2020

Only Standards with comments received from regulated parties and program responses are included here.

General Systems Standards - Comments and Responses

• General Systems Standards - Comments and Responses July 2020

Specialty Requirements by Category - Comments and Responses

• Blood Lead - Comments and Responses July 2020
• Bood Services and Immunohematology - Comments and Responses July 2020
• Cellular Immunology and Cytokines - Comments and Responses July 2020
• Cytogenetics - Comments and Responses July 2020
• Forensic Identity - Comments and Responses July 2020
• Forensic Toxicology - Comments and Responses July 2020
• Genetic Testing - Comments and Responses July 2020
• Histocompatibility - Comments and Responses July 2020
• Microbiology - Comments and Responses July 2020
• Parentage/Identity Testing - Comments and Responses July 2020
• Pathology - Comments and Responses July 2020
• Trace Elements - Comments and Responses July 2020

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