Medical Laboratory Evaluation
Proficiency Testing (PT) Program
Improving Quality Patient Care Through Accurate Diagnostic Testing
Provided by American College of Physicians
2010 U.S. MLE Catalog and Information Guide for Proficiency Testing
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 MLE Catálogo y Guía de Información para pruebas de evaluación de desempeño 2010
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As a service of the American College of Physicians (ACP)---a physicians' professional society with 129,000 members worldwide---the U.S.-based Medical Laboratory Evaluation (MLE) program provides a Proficiency Testing (PT) service for those who perform diagnostic testing where blood and bodily fluids are drawn. Our clients include a wide array of public and private clinical laboratories in 20 countries and we continue to explore opportunities around the world.
This external form of multilaboratory comparison makes a cost-effective and safe mechanism for checking performance. MLE provides three testing events over the course of the year to challenge the laboratory's assays and unknown samples. The samples provided contain analyte levels that range from normal to abnormal.
Experience the Difference
MLE goes beyond the mere “number crunching” of proficiency testing data to educating, informing, and working with our participants to improve the quality and safety of patient care.
Online Options
- Online result reporting—Vastly improved system with an intuitive, user-friendly approach
- Participant Summaries—Print the entire summary or only the pages you need
- Evaluation reports—Access reports from 2006 to present
- FREE continuing education courses
- Program Forms
Comprehensive Proficiency Test Menu
In addition to the more common proficiency testing (PT) menus, we have “add-on” test modules that enable laboratories to customize their PT order. MLE’s test menu offers one of the largest arrays of cost-effective “add-ons” in the industry!
Assistance for New Staff
MLE’s live, on-site support is especially resourceful to laboratories experiencing high staff turnover
Waived Testing and PPM Services
- Special two-sample test menu
- A cost-effective Waived and PPM package
- FREE E-notification service on newly approved waived tests and on recalls for waived devices
- FREE, newly updated resource, “Waived Testing—Doing It Right,” answers questions about waived testing criteria, test categories, standards, and cost
Approved by CMS, COLA, TJC (formerly JCAHO), State Agencies and International Regulatory Bodies in a number of countries.
Medical Laboratory Evaluation
ACP
Suite 700
25 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington DC 20001-7401
MLE Customer Service 800-338-2746, option 5, or 202-261-4500
Fax: 202-835-0440
Email: mle@acponline.org
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Related Laboratory Websites
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- CMS Regional Offices Contact List
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- COLA
- TJC (formerly Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
- State Agencies Contact List
- American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
- Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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Free Clinical Resources for Your PDA
ACP members can download a variety of clinical resources to use with their PDA including a collection of Recommendation Summaries for all current ACP Clinical Guidelines.
