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New 2025 Surveys and Anatomic Pathology Education Programs

See what's new before you renew your PT/EQA for 2025

We anticipate your PT/EQA needs because laboratory quality drives everything we do. Our PT/EQA programs follow the updated CMS participation requirements so you can continue to deliver accurate and reliable results.

Highlights

  • PT/EQA program exclusively for measuring parathyroid hormone levels (PTH)
  • Gastrointestinal panel created specifically for laboratories outside the US (GIPN)
  • CLIA-compliant five-challenge PT/EQA programs for rapid malaria (RML5) and Trichomonas vaginalis, molecular (TVG5)
  • Verification of analytical measurement range with new linearity tests covering Factor VIII (LN51), Hepatitis B viral load (LN52), and a comprehensive panel of thyroid analytes (LN50)

View all our new programs and decide which ones are right for you.

New PT/EQA Programs for 2024/2025

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  • Preparation of histologic slides in pathology laboratories with a pediatric caseload (HQPED)
  • Interpretation of immunohistochemistry stains for HER2 and ER (HERI)
  • CME/CE program for discernment of potential discrepancies between biomarker testing modalities (NMBA/NMB1)
  • Critical care blood gas measurement with hematocrit and estimated hemoglobin (AQH) and for laboratories using i-STAT instruments (AQIS)
  • PT/EQA program exclusively for measuring parathyroid hormone levels (PTH)
  • PT/EQA for quantitative hemoglobin test systems approved for waiver under CLIA (HCC1)
  • Detection of H. pylori bacteria, associated with peptic ulcer disease (HPBT)
  • Quantitation of acylcarnitine related to inherited metabolic disorders (BGL4)
  • Cost-effective option for blood cell identification (BCPV)
  • HLA antibody screen only (MXS) or with crossmatching, identification, and extra plasma (MXEP)
  • Gastrointestinal panel created specifically for laboratories outside the US (GIPN)
  • CLIA-compliant five-challenge PT/EQA programs for rapid malaria (RML5) and Trichomonas vaginalis, molecular (TVG5)
  • Multiplex PCR panel for sexually transmitted infection (STIM)
  • Mpox molecular proficiency testing for US laboratories (MPOX)
  • CLIA-compliant five-challenge proficiency testing for laboratories that only perform non-waived molecular (COVM) and antigen (CVAG) testing for SARS-CoV-2
  • New PT/EQA offerings for automated (JATXM) and comprehensive methods (JXM) with electronic crossmatch

New Quality Improvement Programs for 2024/2025

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  • Calibration verification and linearity covering Factor VIII (LN51), Hepatitis B viral load (LN52), cystatin C (LN49), and a comprehensive panel of thyroid analytes (LN50)

Performance monitors and comparability assessment across multiple instruments for:

  • High-sensitivity cardiac markers (HCRQ)
  • Critical care blood gas with hematocrit and estimated hemoglobin (AQHQ)
  • Critical care blood gas using an i-STAT instrument (AQSQ)

Aid quality improvement efforts and assist checklist requirements in your laboratory with:

  • Short-term quality study for monitoring laboratory staffing ratios (QP251)
  • Morphology/competency assessment of body fluid review for up to 25 participants (QPB25)

New Continuing Medical Education Programs

Advance skills with educational activities developed by physicians and doctoral scientists with expertise in pathology and laboratory medicine.

  • Discernment of potential discrepancies between biomarker testing modalities for individual (NMBA) and additional participant(s) (NMB1)

New CAP Publications for 2025

Stay current in diagnostic learning with our newest high-quality publications written and edited by recognized experts in pathology and laboratory medicine.

  • Whole Blood Viscoelastic Assays in Clinical Diagnosis: An Illustrated Case-Based Guide (PUB231)
    Oksana Volod, MD, FCAP
  • Quality Management in Clinical Laboratories, Second Edition (PUB319)
    Richard W. Brown, MD, FCAP
  • CAP Practical Guide to Gynecologic Cytopathology, Second Edition (PUB133)
    Christine Noga Booth, MD, FCAP; Michael Ross Henry, MD, FCAP; David C. Wilbur, MD, FCAP
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