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Today's health-care organizations are held to very high levels of accountability
— by peers, by the general public, and by Medicare and other
payers. ICACTL accreditation is a means by which computed tomography
laboratories can evaluate and demonstrate the level of patient
care they provide.
Committed to balancing the changing needs of both the CT community and
the general public, the ICACTL was created by uniting physicians,
technologists and physicists from the sponsoring organizations.
Collectively these individuals created The Standards,
an extensive compilation of documents defining the minimal requirements
for CT laboratories to provide quality care. Routinely revised
by the ICACTL Board of Directors to reflect current practices,
The Standards are used by laboratories as the foundation
to create and achieve realistic quality care goals.
ICACTL accreditation is an educational process, not a pass-fail exam.
The process begins with a comprehensive self-evaluation by laboratory
staff. Completion of the application for accreditation requires
information on all aspects of laboratory operation as well as
the submission of actual case studies for review. After the
application is submitted to the ICACTL, it undergoes a confidential
peer-review by the ICACTL's trained reviewers, a group made
up of physicians, technologists and physicists, before a final
decision is made by the Board Of Directors.
The ICACTL does not restrict accreditation to the "perfect"
CT laboratory.
Rather, accreditation is based on a policy of substantial compliance
with The Standards. The ICACTL provides guidance to assist
the laboratory in meeting the requirements of The Standards.
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