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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: December 23, 2015
CONTACT: Michelle Frasik, (989) 894-3813
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McLAREN Bay Region laboratory receives re-accreditation from College of american pathologists
Bay City, MI – McLaren Bay Region Laboratory, Bay City, Michigan has received re-accreditation from the Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP), based on results of a recent on-site inspection as part of the CAP’s Accreditation Programs.
The facility’s director, Joseph T. Czaja, MD, was advised of this national recognition and congratulated for the excellence of the services being provided. McLaren Bay Region Laboratory is one of more than 7,000 CAP-accredited facilities worldwide.
“The CAP demands the highest standards to ensure quality service to the public,” said Dr. Czaja. “To meet these ever-evolving standards is not always easy, but it is the right thing to do. We are proud to remain a CAP-accredited laboratory.”
Clarence Sevillian, President/CEO, McLaren Bay Region, said, “The important work that our Pathologists and Laboratory team perform on a daily basis is most assuredly deserving of this national accreditation. It is reflective of the quality patient care that is a hallmark of this department.”
The U.S. federal government recognizes the CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program, begun in the early 1960s, as being equal-to or more-stringent-than the government’s own inspection program.
During the CAP accreditation process, designed to ensure the highest standard of care for all laboratory patients, inspectors examine the laboratory’s records and quality control of procedures for the preceding two years. CAP inspectors also examine laboratory staff qualifications, equipment, facilities, safety program and record, and overall management.
About the College of American Pathologists
As the leading organization with more than 18,000 board-certified pathologists, the College of American Pathologists (CAP) serves patients, pathologists, and the public by fostering and advocating excellence in the practice of pathology and laboratory medicine worldwide. The CAP’s Laboratory Improvement Programs, initiated 65 years ago, currently have customers in more than 100 countries, accrediting 7,700 laboratories and providing proficiency testing to 20,000 laboratories worldwide. Find more information about the CAP at cap.org. Follow CAP on Twitter: @pathologists.
About McLaren Health Care
McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Flint, Michigan, is a fully integrated health network committed to quality evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, the state’s only proton therapy center, an employed primary care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 260,000 lives, home health and hospice providers, retail medical equipment showrooms, pharmacy services, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, one of only 45 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive centers in the U.S. McLaren has 21,000 employees and more than 25,000 network providers. Its operations are housed in more than 300 facilities serving a 54-county market and 75 percent of Michigan’s population. Learn more at www.mclaren.org.
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