Proficiency Testing Is Required for Which Levels of Clinical Laboratory

question 18

Multiple Choice

Proficiency testing is required for which levels of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) complexity?

• A) Provider-performed microscopy procedures (PPMP)
• B) Moderate
• C) High
• D) All of the above

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