Case-Based Best Practices in Effective Test Utilization for Clinical Laboratories
 
This CME/CMLE-accredited, case-based educational activity is designed to help clinical laboratory directors, clinical laboratory managers, and laboratory professionals increase the knowledge, skills, and competence in effective test utilization best practices for clinical laboratory settings. 
 
This case-based activity includes the following topics:

• Best practices in effective test utilization for clinical laboratories
• Effective test utilization for pancreatitis
• Effective test utilization for cardiac injury and AMI
• Knowledge check regarding repeat daily laboratory testing
• Blood collection tube consumption and conservation
• Screening for Lynch Syndrome in Patients with Colorectal Cancer
• Strategies for Reducing Repeat Daily Lab Test Ordering
• Molecular Test Utilization for Cancer Biomarkers
• Vitamin D Utilization – sound alike tests 
• Multiplex Panel Testing in Outpatients – Respiratory Viral Panels
• Detecting Severity and Acuity of Inflammation

The activity offers 1.0 CME/CMLE credit.

 
Faculty/Authors

Sachin Gupta, PhD, MBA, MLS(ASCPi)MB, LSSBB, CPHQ
Scientific Director at the Center for Quality and Patient Safety, American Society for Clinical Pathology   

Elise Occhipinti, MD
Chair of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medical Director of Oschner Jefferson Highway Hospital   

Yaolin Zhou, MD 
Director of Quality/Test Utilization and Head of Molecular Pathology, East Carolina University Health

Physician's Competency: Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, Professionalism, Systems-Based Practice  

CME/CMLE Credit: 1.0
Estimated Completion Time: 1.0 hour
Format: Online educational activity

Credit Designation Statement

The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.
 
The ASCP designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
ASCP designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 CMLE credit.  This activity meets CMP and state re-licensure requirements for laboratory personnel.
 
For questions regarding CME credit, please contact ASCP Customer Service at 1-800-267-2727, during normal business hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern Time

Method of Participation

To complete the activity and receive credit, the participant must complete the online activity. CME certificates will be provided online.

Commercial Support
This project was made possible by Cooperative Agreement number NU47OE000107 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the American Society for Clinical Pathology and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC  

Instructions

To claim CME/CMLE credit for the exercise, do the following:

1. Review the Technical Considerations.
2. Click Go to Content and click the first module of the course.
3. Complete the Demographic Survey.
4. Complete the Pre-Test.
5. Review the Educational Activity.
6. Complete and submit the Post Exam. You will have a maximum of three attempts to obtain the required score. You will be notified if you have met the credit requirements after each attempt.
7. Submit the course Evaluation.
8. Enter the maximum number of credits offered and click Claim CME/CMLE to register credit.

Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:

• Apply proven effective test utilization best practices for clinical laboratories

• Outline ways to reduce overconsumption of testing supplies without compromising patient care

• Evaluate evidence-based guidelines to inform and impact test ordering practices

• Improve communication with ordering physicians to more effectively use available resources