News Releases

June 2, 2006
The College of American Pathologists grants accreditation to WGHS Laboratory

West Georgia Health System Laboratory Services has been awarded accreditation by the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the College of the American Pathologists based on the results of a recent on-site inspection. 

Jerry Fulks, WGHS president/CEO, Joeline Davidson, laboratory administrative director, and David Martin, M.D., medical director, were advised of this national recognition and congratulated for the “excellence of the services being provided”.  The laboratory is one of the more than 6000 CAP-accredited laboratories nationwide.

The CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program, begun in the early 1960s, is recognized by the federal government as being equal to or more stringent than the government’s own inspection program. 

During the onsite inspection, eight inspectors examined the laboratory’s records and quality control of procedures performed in the preceding two years.  CAP inspectors also examined the entire staff’s qualifications, the laboratory’s equipment, facilities, safety program and records, as well as the overall management of the laboratory.  This stringent inspection program is designed to specifically ensure the highest standard of care for the laboratory’s patients.

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