Answer: B - The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment, CLIA88, requires every American clinical laboratory to document the education and the continuing education of each of its employees. In addition, CLIA 88 requires documentation of all procedural steps of all lab testing conducted in that clinical laboratory.
If the laboratory is conducting moderate to complex testing, the facility must also undergo biannual inspections. The phlebotomist should have a basic understanding of CLIA88 and its impact on the facility in which s/he is employed. CLIA88 also establishes what tests the phlebotomist is permitted to perform.
