Cliff Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We all hate to have failures with proficiency testing, but it's a fact of life. Does anyone have a form they'd be willing to share for how they document the failure and corrective action for that failure?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lcsmrz Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Our lab has a generic one, but Blood Bank has never had to use it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmarotto Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Hi Cliff,I am attaching the form used by al the labs at my facility. It is not Blood Bank specific but the lab director wants everyone to use the same form. Over the years, I have found our few CAP survey "failures" were not analytical but usually resulted from incorrect entry of the PT results on the reporting form. Does anyone else think the CAP result format is cumbersome with the results for a single type and screen spread over multiple sheets? Their online reporting is as bad as the manual. Even having a second person check the results entered before sending them off has missed a clerical reporting error. It would be so much better if they used a format that was modeled after a real Blood Bank worksheet.BevCorrective Action Form Alternate Survey online Template.doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likewine99 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 I totally agree with bmarotto, the CAP worksheet is cumbersome for data entry. We don't use worksheets, we enter results directly into our BB computer system. When techs complete and verify their results we do a screen print and attach it in with the CAP paperwork. I'm the lucky one that gets to enter the data onto the online form :-(It would be nice to see CAP have all of one "patient" results all on one sheet, i.e. ABO/Rh, absc, ABID, antigen type. Just like we do for real pts and if your lab doesn't do the testing then mark that answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbostock Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 I agree with Likewine; we would also like to see one sheet (whether manual or online) per "patient". This is how we result in the real world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary** Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 :frown:I I completely agree that the CAP reporting forms are cumbersome and prone to making errors. I always end up with a 20 page stack of paper also for J-A, with all the worksheets and print outs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John C. Staley Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Boy if you guys think the Blood Bank CAP forms are bad drop by the chemistry supervisor's desk some day and see what they have to deal with. I know it sure made me appreciate how easy I had it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmarotto Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Maybe it is time for CAP to change their forms. I don't see the point in performing all kinds of gymnastic maneuvers just to get results into their very unnatural report format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxcall1 Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Sounds unanimous!!! Let's BOYCOTT CAP!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adiescast Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 We also have a form that the entire lab (including blood bank) uses for failure investigation.CAP deficiency.xls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR1 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Hi Cliffe, Can you not use the same form you record any incident/ quality incident for this ? Our quality system (which is in it's infancy- as we seem to be a bit behind in the UK with this sort of thing !), allows for the recording of any deviation, customer complaint, serious event etc. with the required recording of corrective actions. Rashmi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 Hi Cliffe, Can you not use the same form you record any incident/ quality incident for this ? Our quality system (which is in it's infancy- as we seem to be a bit behind in the UK with this sort of thing !), allows for the recording of any deviation, customer complaint, serious event etc. with the required recording of corrective actions. RashmiThanks for the suggestion Rashmi,I was looking for something that would be specific to investigating PT failures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMcCord Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 We also use the same one that the rest of the lab uses. (Our lab manager and our QI person are chemists so sometimes I have to make some creative entries on their forms to force them to work for me.)[ATTACH]134[/ATTACH]Discordant Result on Survey.doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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