Whitman Hospital lab CAP accredited

Whitman Hospital and Medical Center in Colfax once again was accredited by the College of American Pathologists after a recent three-day inspection.

The hospital’s laboratory is the only CAP-accredited lab on the Palouse, and is one of more than 7,000 CAP-accredited facilities worldwide.

The federal government recognizes the CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program, begun in the early 1960s, as being equal to or more stringent than the government’s own inspection program.

“This is the gold standard of laboratory accreditation,” said Heather Reathaford, laboratory director for Whitman Hospital.

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