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Anastasia Augustine posted a reply on Re: Microscopic training courses

Thursday, Feb 3, 2022 at 7:54 AM

Said: Sorry I do not know of any online training program. Have you reached out to the WA Lab Quality Assurance office and see if they know of any training program? Can the MA who is qualified right now train her (if you have validated...

Jill Dwyer posted a new Topic

Wednesday, Feb 2, 2022 at 5:15 PM

Microscopic training courses

Hello all - I have one site that has an MA performing moderate complexity microscopic exams for Wet Mounts, KOH, and microscopic UA. This person will be retiring soon and the newer person hasn't had any microscopic training at all as far as I know. Do any of you know of online programs that will train for microscopic identification? My boss prefers I don't spend 2 weeks+ one on one with the person training (they are in a different town, 45 min away from everyone else). Our local DOH used...

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Lois Schultz posted a reply on Re: Multiple CLIA sites, single competency mana...

Wednesday, Feb 2, 2022 at 3:04 PM

Said: Hi,We also use facility specific IDs, which is their ID preceded by a letter specific to the facility. We use Telcor, and there is an upgrade available which Telcor says will allow us to certify an operator for multiple facilities, ...

Gina Martinelli-Painter posted a reply on Re: Multiple CLIA sites, single competency mana...

Wednesday, Feb 2, 2022 at 12:21 PM

Said: Hi Steve - With the interfaced devices to RALS the people at the off site physician offices, it goes by the expiration date in RALS. The Superv. RN and Nursing Educator take care of competencies done with each operator fr...

Kim Ballister posted a reply on Re: Multiple CLIA sites, single competency mana...

Wednesday, Feb 2, 2022 at 12:12 PM

Said: Spreadsheets are great but get tricky! I have RT's that have been trained at main site for years, now they are moving to another site--so they have to start initial training and 6 month competency for that site. Seems like a paper tiger...