RCPA Quality Assurance Programs offer a broad range of external quality
assurance programs across all disciplines of pathology to support the scientific
and medical communities in Australia, New Zealand and overseas
countries.
RCPA Quality Assurance Programs provide participants with world class
programs including continual assessments and educational opportunities as well
as reports indicating how a laboratory is ranked, aimed at enhancing laboratory
competency.
There are approximately 1000 laboratories currently enrolled in over 4000
programs, with 30% of the participating laboratories being International
participants.
Current
Projects and Initiatives
Acknowledgement QUPP
The RCPA Quality Assurance Programs wish to acknowledge the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing for their generous support of the Key Incident Monitoring and Management Systems (KIMMS) project RCPA KIMMS QAP Workshops 2010
RCPA KIMMS QAP will hold workshops to address data extraction/capture of KIMMS data requirements from Laboratory Information Systems (LIS). Workshop in Sydney, Townsville, Perth & Auckland New Zealand are being organised for 2010. Deatils to be advised. Refer to KIMMS website for more information. RCPA QAP Awards
Applications are invited for the RCPA QAP Awards for 2010.
As part of
the commitment to ensuring and improving laboratory quality, the Directors of
the QAP are offering two awards in 2010 for projects on any aspect of laboratory
quality. RCPA QAP awards 2010 Virtual Microscopy
The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and the RCPA Quality Assurance Program, with support from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, is introducing Virtual Microscope Technology into the practice of pathology. More Information - Anatomical Pathology QAP Website
