Evaluate New Instruments
and Test Kits
There are a host of test system vendors competing
for your laboratory budget. The vendors have sales representatives.
You have Knapp • Frazer Consulting to represent your
interests and to sift through the sales pitches. Select the
test systems that are right for you, your test menu, and
your staff.
Perform Cost Analyses
Cost analyses
can be performed for any test system under consideration
and include cost of peripheral equipment, clinical analyzers,
and consumables; specimen collection, processing, and storage;
regulatory compliance costs if new test method affects complexity
level or volume; and changes to your proficiency testing
subscription, if necessary.
Oversee Method Validations
Since
CLIA changes became effective April 24, 2003,
even labs performing moderate complexity testing
must demonstrate accuracy, precision, and reportable range
of each method as it is introduced. Reference ranges must
be verified or established with each method change and based
upon your patient population. Let Knapp • Frazer Consulting
guide you through this complex process and provide documentation
for your first or next inspection.
Provide Troubleshooting Assistance
Knapp • Frazer
Consulting works for you, not your vendors. Use
Knapp • Frazer
Consulting to interact with vendors on your behalf to help
ensure that your difficulties are understood and are addressed
to you satisfaction.
