2. Introduction and Overview
• Standard operating procedures (SOPs) are an integral part of all
documentation of every clinical laboratory
• Standard operating procedures outlines all aspects of laboratory testing
including theory, methodology, procedures and all other important reference
material
• Specific operating procedures such as quality assurance, quality control and
safety are developed for every aspect of the laboratory
4. Challenges
• Procedure manuals must be kept up-to-date to comply local, state and
federal regulations
• All previous version should be kept in the record
• Amount of paperwork and number of hours can be enormous
• Since the manuals need to be distributed at several laboratory sections or
throughout the facility, they are often inaccessible to majority of the staff
• Or they are so inconveniently located that they are not regularly used
8. How Does it Work?
• A secure document management system, similar to LIS
• Each user has a login ID and password to access the system
• Several level of users i.e. administrator, author, approver and reviewer
• Document authoring tools to create and convert existing documents
• Once a new document is approved and published, all user receive a
notification to review and sign off
• All the previous versions and change logs are maintained for future review
• Detailed log of all activities, i.e. who wrote, approved and review the
documents are kept
9. Benefits
• Centralized Management
• Friendly Authoring Tools
• Version Control
• Electronic Approvals and Reviews
• Built-In Search
• Data Capture- keep track from creation, review to approval and beyond
10. Additional Benefits
• College of American Pathologists approved system comes with accreditation
manager to stream line the CAP inspection process.
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• Full integration with employee's training program
