{"ref":"GA-HH-CS-04","title":"Laboratory Services and Waived Testing","category":"Service delivery","summary":"Makes sure no Agency staff member performs a laboratory test on a patient’s specimen without a current CLIA certificate covering it, limits Agency testing to waived tests done exactly as the manufacturer directs, keeps help with a patient’s own self-testing separate from Agency testing, and sends specimens only to certified laboratories.","inShort":["Do not perform any test on a patient’s blood or urine unless the Agency has a CLIA certificate and the test is approved.","If the patient tests with their own meter, let the patient do it and record the result as patient-performed.","Never use an Agency meter in place of the patient’s own meter.","Report results outside the ordered range to the physician the same day.","Aides do not perform laboratory tests."],"primaryCitation":"42 CFR §484.100(c)","citations":["Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-31-.09(c)","Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-31-.09(d)"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §484.100(c)","42 CFR Part 493","29 CFR §1910.1030"],"surveyorAsks":["Do your staff perform any tests, such as finger-stick glucose or urine dipsticks? Show me your CLIA certificate.","Which devices and tests are approved, and where are the manufacturer’s instructions?"],"forms":[],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (42 CFR §484.100(c) and 42 CFR Part 493)","5. CLIA Certificate","6. Helping a Patient Test Himself or Herself","7. Performing Waived Tests","8. Collecting Specimens for a Referral Laboratory","9. Recording and Reporting Results","10. Responsibilities","11. Records and Compliance Monitoring","12. Staff Training","13. References","14. Related Policies and Forms","15. Approval","16. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"ga-hha","state":"Georgia","service":"Home health","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-health-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies and procedures are required for home health agencies?"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Home health Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}