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Welcome to RCPA KIMMS Quality Assurance Program (QAP)

The Key Incident Monitoring & Management Systems (KIMMS) project was initiated by the Quality Assurance Scientific and Education Committee (QASEC) of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA). QASEC approached RCPA Quality Assurance Programs to launch the pilot study in 2006 with a view to offering a KIMMS QA Program at the end of the pilot. In 2008 the pilot phase was completed and KIMMS is being offered as a full Quality Assurance Program in 2009.

The KIMMS project is designed to provide pathology practices with the tools for continuous measurement and monitoring of key incident indicators. This project aims to monitor the pre-analytical and post-analytical phase of laboratory quality systems thus extending measurement of quality to the entire quality system not just analytical measurement systems.

Acknowledgement QUPP

 The RCPA Quality Assurance Programs wish to acknowledge the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing for their generous support of the Key Incident Monitoring and Management Systems (KIMMS) project.

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Training & Competency Assessment 2013
Training & Competency Assessment for 2013 new_icon

Welcome to the RCPA Quality Assurance Programs web training portal. The pilot modules offered in 2012 have been well received by participants. New modules are currently under development and will be offered throughout 2013.

Modules under development include;

  • QC/QA for Microbiology/Serology
  • QC/QA for Chemistry
  • QA/QC for Haematology
  • Anatomy and Normal Cytology of the Female Genital Tract - cellular components identified in cervical smears
  • Pathology Sample collection

a An administration section is currently under development, where managers should be able to assign relevant courses for each staff member they manage, monitor progress and identify training needs using reporting tools.

RCPA QAP welcomes your feedback, as it will be crucial to the success and planning of this project.

Please feel free to contact us:

elearn@rcpaqap.com.au
penny.petinos@rcpaqap.com.au
Ph: 02 9045 6003


Pre-analytical educational material
Pre-analytical educational material is now available in the Educational Resources section of this website in the form of posters and a booklet.  Posters can be downloaded for use in your laboratory.

Run 4 2011

The Run 1 2012 data collection cycle is now closed.


KIMMS Workshop 2012

The RCPA KIMMS QAP is currently enquiring about venues for the 2012 KIMMS Workshops. 

Further information regarding location and content will be added once venues are confirmed.

 


KIMMS Online Data Entry and Web Reports

The attached instructions provide information on

  • Registering for Online data entry and Web reports
  • Completeing Online data entry
  • Viewing Web reports

Please contact the KIMMS QAP on kimms@rcpaqap.com.au if you have any questions or problems.

KIMMS Web Instructions

Useful Links

APaN - Australian Pre-analytical Network - http://www.apan.com.au/

Center for Phlebotomy Education - http://www.phlebotomy.com/


 
 
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