Educational materials
To Test or Not to Test? Booklet
This booklet outlines considerations and preparations for performing waived tests. It also assists those implementing or overseeing testing under a CLIA Certificate of Waiver. The booklet contains tips, reminders, and resources along with forms and examples for use in your testing site.
Ready? Set? Test! Booklet
This booklet outlines recommended practices for physicians, nurses, medical assistants, pharmacists, and others testing patients under a CLIA Certificate of Waiver. The booklet contains tips, reminders, and resources along with forms and examples for use in your testing site.
Self-Assessment Checklist
This checklist highlights best practices for physicians, nurses, and others performing patient tests under a CLIA Certificate of Waiver. It can be used as a voluntary tool to help assure good testing practices and reliable, high quality test results.
Ready? Set? Test! Online Course
This course offers free continuing education credits. The goal of this course is to promote reliable, high-quality testing and enhance patient safety. This is done by explaining steps of the waived testing process. It also provides the learner with additional resources to assist on the job.
The target audience includes individuals who perform testing in waived testing sites throughout the United States. Examples include physician offices, nursing facilities, home health agencies, clinics, pharmacies and other non-laboratory sites. They include a variety of individuals, primarily those who do not have formal laboratory training.
