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Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of the most common acute infections requiring admission to hospital. The main causative pathogens of CAP are Streptococcus pneumoniae, influenza A, Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydophila pneumoniae, and the dominant risk factors are age, smoking and comorbidities.

As of 2019, the CAP has 21 checklists – an All Common Checklist (COM) that contains a core set of requirements applicable to all areas that perform laboratory tests and procedures, a Director Assessment Checklist, a Laboratory General Checklist and discipline-specific checklists.

Within its explanation of calibration verification, CLIA uses reporting range when referring to the span of test result values over which the lab can establish or verify the accuracy of the instrument or test system. CAP uses analytical measurement range (AMR) to describe the range of analyte values measured.

What is CAP®? The Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) certification is a trusted, independent verification of the critical technical expertise and related soft skills possessed by accomplished analytics and data science professionals, and valued by analytics-oriented organizations.

To ensure the accuracy and reliability of these tests, laboratories must meet certain standards and regulations. One such regulation is the requirement to obtain certification from the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and the College of American Pathologists (CAP).

The CAP (College of American Pathologists) was established in 1962 and, at present, CAP-accredited laboratories include about 6000 institutions all over the world, mainly in the U.S. The essential purpose of CAP accreditation is high quality reservation and improvement of clinical laboratory services for patient care, ...