42 CFR § 493.1299 - Standard: Postanalytic systems quality assessment.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s493.1299"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 493.1299 - Standard: Postanalytic systems quality assessment."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "493.1299"
section_name: "Standard: Postanalytic systems quality assessment."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION"
part_number: "493"
part_name: "LABORATORY REQUIREMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 263a, 1302, 1395x(e), 1395x(s)(3) and (s)(17)."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 9576, Mar. 14, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "493"
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# 493.1299 Standard: Postanalytic systems quality assessment.
(a) The laboratory must establish and follow written policies and procedures for an ongoing mechanism to monitor, assess and, when indicated, correct problems identified in the postanalytic systems specified in § 493.1291.
(b) The postanalytic systems quality assessment must include a review of the effectiveness of corrective actions taken to resolve problems, revision of policies and procedures necessary to prevent recurrence of problems, and discussion of postanalytic systems quality assessment reviews with appropriate staff.
(c) The laboratory must document all postanalytic systems quality assessment activities.
[68 FR 3703, Jan. 24, 2003; 68 FR 50724, Aug. 22, 2003]