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Competency Assessment

This Medical Laboratory Science lesson in Laboratory Quality Management supports laboratory science learning and laboratory interpretation for medical laboratory students and professionals.

Confirm staff can perform assigned laboratory tasks correctly, a patient-protection practice, not a punishment.

Intermediate8 min read15 sectionsLaboratory Quality Management
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Learning Objectives

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Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

Section: Learning Objectives

Each objective is a practical laboratory systems skill, not ISO clause study or regulation memorization.

  • Define competency assessment as confirming that staff can perform assigned tasks correctly and safely
  • List common ways laboratories check competence (observation, checklists, known samples, and other locally defined methods)
  • Explain why competency assessment protects patients and is not meant as punishment

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