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Notice of Vote and Comment Deadlines for Consensus Documents
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Notice of Vote and Comment Deadlines for Consensus Documents

(GP22-A2) CQI; (GP26-A3) Quality System for Laboratory Services; (HS1-A2) Quality System for Health Care; (LIS2-A2) Transferring Information Between Clinical Instruments and Computer Systems; and (MM9-P) Nucleic Acid Sequencing

NCCLS announces that the following documents are submitted for vote as candidate-for-advancement consensus documents.

The documents and ballots are posted on NCCLS Forums to delegates of Active and Associate Active member organizations. If you are a voting delegate or alternate, we request that you access NCCLS Forums to obtain the candidate-for-advancement documents. Login to access NCCLS Forums.

-Second Notice-

The deadline for the completed ballots for GP22-A2, GP26-A3, HS1-A2, and LIS2-A2 to be received in the Executive Offices is 6 August 2004.

GP22-A2 — Continuous Quality Improvement: Integrating Five Key Quality System Components; Approved Guideline—Second Edition
This guideline considers continuous quality improvement (CQI) as five integrated quality system components, which include Quality Planning, Quality Teamwork, Quality Monitoring, Quality Improvement, and Quality Review.

GP26-A3 — Application of a Quality Management System Model for Laboratory Services; Approved Guideline
This guideline describes the clinical laboratory’s path of workflow and provides information for laboratory operations that will assist the laboratory in improving its processes and meeting government and accreditation requirements.

HS1-A2 — A Quality Management System Model for Health Care; Approved Guideline—Second Edition
This document provides a model for providers of healthcare services that will assist with implementation and maintenance of effective quality management systems.

LIS2-A2 — Specification for Transferring Information Between Clinical Laboratory Instruments and Information Systems; Approved Standard—Second Edition
This document covers the two-way digital transmission of remote requests and results between clinical laboratory instruments and information systems.

The deadline for the completed ballot for MM9-P to be received in the Executive Offices is 7 September 2004.

MM9-P — Nucleic Acid Sequencing Methods in Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine; Proposed Guideline
This document addresses automated, PCR-based, dideoxy-terminator and primer extension sequencing done on gel- or capillary-based sequencers. Topics covered include: specimen collection and handling; isolation of nucleic acid; amplification and sequencing of nucleic acids; interpretation and reporting results; and quality control/assessment considerations as appropriate.

Under our Administrative Procedures, an NCCLS document approved by the area committee at the first level of the consensus process is submitted to the NCCLS delegates as a “candidate-for-advancement” consensus document. This begins the voting and approval period by the delegates.

As a delegate, your vote is to affirm (or reject) the document for advancement as an NCCLS document. Please send your completed ballot to the Executive Offices by the above deadline.

In the NCCLS consensus process, comments are invited at each publication stage. In each edition, the responsible committee includes a summary of comments on the prior edition and its responses to them. Any comments received on a candidate-for-advancement consensus document as a result of delegate voting and consensus review will be addressed by the committee during the document’s advancement.

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