ACCEPTED: new and revised laboratory requirements to meet relevant CLIA regulations.

clinical laboratories by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), The Joint Commission revised several elements of performance (EPs) for the laboratory accreditation program to meet the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA ’88). The Joint Commission’s Board of Commissioners accepted the new and revised EPs in December (effective February 1, 2012) and in February (effective March 30, 2012). The revisions effective in February are already included in the E-dition®, and the revisions effective in March will be available in the E-dition in mid-April. The new and revised requirements will appear in the 2012 Update 1 to the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Laboratory and Point-of-Care Testing, scheduled for publication in spring 2012. Any further changes to Joint Commission requirements will be provided in future issues of Joint Commission Online and Perspectives. The box below displays the new and revised requirements; new text is underlined and deleted text is shown in strikethrough. For more information, contact Donna Gillespie, associate project director, Department of Standards and Survey Methods, at [email protected] or 630-792-5935. P ACCEPTED: New and Revised Laboratory Requirements to Meet Relevant CLIA Regulations