A mobile service is comprised of one or more units (technologist and equipment) that provide vascular testing services at one or more locations and meet the following criteria, without exception:

1. All medical staff interpreting mobile vascular examinations must be included in the application for accreditation.

2. All technical staff performing mobile vascular examinations must be included in the application for accreditation.

3. The entire mobile service must share the same Medical Director.

4. The entire mobile service is supervised by the same Technical Director, who is responsible for ongoing evaluation of the technical component of the testing performed by the mobile service.

5. All physicians and technologists must participate together in quality assurance and education programs, including in-house conferences.

6. 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 submit the completed multiple site/mobile service supplement, an updated equipment table (if applicable), additional case studies as required by the application instructions, and the additional site/mobile component fees. Accreditation for the added multiple site or mobile service will expire when the laboratory's original accreditation expires.

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 ICAVL 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 ICAVL correspondence will go through the laboratory listed on the accreditation agreement.
 
 
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