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A mobile service is comprised of one or more units (sonographer
and equipment) that provide echocardiography services at one
or more locations and meet the following criteria, without exception:
1. All echocardiograms that are performed at the mobile locations
must be interpreted by physicians included in the application
for accreditation.
2. All sonographers performing any echocardiograms at the mobile
locations must be included in the application for accreditation.
3. The entire mobile service must share the same Medical Director
and Technical Director.
4. All physicians and sonographers must participate together
in quality assurance and education programs, including in-house
conferences.
5. The entire mobile service must utilize identical protocols.
ADDING A MULTIPLE SITE OR A MOBILE SERVICE
Laboratories wanting to add a multiple site and/or mobile service
to an application
that has already been granted accreditation must complete the
multiple site / mobile service supplement and an updated equipment
table. If any physicians and/or sonographers have been hired
since accreditation was granted, it will be necessary to contact
the ICAEL office regarding the submission of staff forms and
representative cases for these staff members. In addition to
the multiple site / mobile service fee, there may be an added
fee to review the staff forms and representative cases. If the
added multiple site or mobile service is accepted into the laboratory's
accreditation, accreditation for the added multiple site or
mobile service will expire when the laboratory's original accreditation
expires.
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THINGS TO KNOW IF YOU ARE A MOBILE
SERVICE LABORATORY
If eligible, applicants with a mobile service may apply
with a single application and will be assessed
a $500 mobile application fee.
If accreditation is granted, it will be granted to the mobile
service collectively, and not to each location individually
(although the name and address of each location will be
entered into the ICAEL database).
Applicants with mobile services that are granted accreditation will
receive one certificate, listing the institution name as
listed in the accreditation agreement, for each testing
area.
All
ICAEL correspondence will go through the institution listed
on the accreditation agreement. |
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