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05/18/2017
DOVER – Wentworth-Douglass Hospital’s Laboratory Services have been awarded two-year accreditation by the Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) based on results of a rigorous on-site inspection.
During the CAP accreditation process, which is designed to ensure the highest quality standard of care for all laboratory patients, inspectors examined the lab’s records, quality control procedures, equipment, staff qualifications, safety programs and overall management.
"We are pleased to again receive CAP accreditation as is reflects our commitment to providing accurate, quality testing to support the excellent patient care being offered throughout the Wentworth-Douglass system,” says Gint Taoras, Administrative Director of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
The goal of CAP’s Laboratory Accreditation Program is to improve patient safety by advancing the quality of pathology and laboratory services through education, standard setting, and ensuring laboratories meet or exceed regulatory requirements.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital is a nationally recognized, not-for-profit charitable health care organization located in the Seacoast community of Dover, New Hampshire with a 110-year history of compassionate care and innovation. Serving its communities since 1906, it is a family of almost 400 providers and over 2,300 employees including 494 registered nurses and over 200 volunteers dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of residents and visitors to the Seacoast area of New Hampshire and Southern Maine. Wentworth-Douglass Hospital was awarded Magnet® designation in 2016 and includes a 178-bed hospital, several urgent care and walk-in facilities, multiple testing centers, Wentworth Health Partners (primary and specialty care providers in 29 practices), the Wentworth-Douglass Foundation and The Works, a full service health and fitness center.
About the College of American Pathologists
As the leading organization with more than 18,000 board-certified pathologists, the College of American Pathologists (CAP) serves patients, pathologists, and the public by fostering and advocating excellence in the practice of pathology and laboratory medicine worldwide. The CAP’s Laboratory Improvement Programs, initiated 65 years ago, currently have customers in more than 100 countries, accrediting 7,700 laboratories and providing proficiency testing to 20,000 laboratories worldwide. Find more information about the CAP at cap.org.