This paper looks at the results of an audit conducted by the Royal College of Pathology Australasia, Key Incident Monitoring and Management Systems (RCPAQAP KIMMS). The audit was provided in Survey Monkey to 100 RCPAQAP participants in Australia and was open for the duration of August 2018. The aim was to look at the process used to assess competency, how often it is assessed, who undergoes assessment, who conducts the assessment and how formal the assessments are. Responders were also asked to comment on any audits they had performed to check compliance with the organisations competency assessment policy. The audit looked at 6 levels of staff: executive, pathologists, laboratory staff, collection staff, couriers and administrators. While the response rate was poor (estimated to cover 22 % of routine medical laboratories), the demographics indicate that they represent a reasonable cross section of the Australian medical laboratory landscape. The results show that 71 % of respondents do an audit for compliance with their competency assessment policy, only 41 % stated that they were “somewhat” compliant and 58 % are not compliant.

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澳大利亚医学实验室能力评估的“最新技术”

本文着眼于澳大利亚皇家病理学院关键事件监测和管理系统 (RCPAQAP KIMMS) 进行的审计结果。审计在调查猴子中提供给澳大利亚的 100 名 RCPAQAP 参与者，并在 2018 年 8 月期间开放。目的是查看用于评估能力的过程、评估频率、接受评估的人员、进行评估的人员以及评估的正式程度。响应者还被要求对他们为检查是否符合组织的能力评估政策而进行的任何审计发表评论。审计考察了 6 个级别的员工：行政人员、病理学家、实验室人员、收款人员、快递员和管理人员。虽然反应率很差（估计覆盖 22% 的常规医学实验室），人口统计数据表明，它们代表了澳大利亚医学实验室景观的合理横截面。结果显示，71% 的受访者对其能力评估政策的合规性进行了审核，只有 41% 表示他们“有点”合规，58% 不合规。