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A
mobile service is comprised of one or more units (technologist
and equipment) that provide vascular testing services at one
or more locations and meet the following criteria, without exception:
1.
All medical staff interpreting mobile vascular examinations
must be included in the application for accreditation.
2.
All technical staff performing mobile vascular examinations
must be included in the application for accreditation.
3.
The entire mobile service must share the same Medical Director.
4.
The entire mobile service is supervised by the same Technical
Director, who is responsible for ongoing evaluation of the
technical component of the testing performed by the mobile
service.
5.
All physicians and technologists must participate together
in quality assurance and education programs, including in-house
conferences.
6.
The entire mobile service must utilize identical protocols.
ADDING
A MULTIPLE SITE OR A MOBILE SERVICE
Laboratories
wanting to add a multiple site and/or mobile service to an application
that has already been granted accreditation must submit the
completed multiple site/mobile service supplement, an updated
equipment table (if applicable), additional case studies as
required by the application instructions, and the additional
site/mobile component fees. Accreditation for the added multiple
site or mobile service will expire when the laboratory's original
accreditation expires.
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THINGS TO KNOW IF YOU ARE A MOBILE SERVICE LABORATORY
If eligible, applicants with a mobile service may apply
with a single application and will be assessed a $500
mobile application fee.
If
accreditation is granted, it will be granted to the mobile
service collectively, and not to each location individually
(although the name and address of each location will be
entered into the ICAVL database).
Applicants
with mobile services that are granted accreditation will
receive one certificate, listing the institution name as
listed in the accreditation agreement, for each testing
area.
All
ICAVL correspondence will go through the laboratory listed
on the accreditation agreement. |
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