CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION
1-1. Basis and scope (§493.1)
This document sets forth the technical provisions of the Department of Defense
(DoD) Clinical Laboratory Improvement Program (CLIP) policy mandated by
DODI 6440.2, dated 20 April 1994. It is published to provide laboratories
nformation on the provisions of CLIP. It states the minimal conditions that
all laboratories must meet to be certified to perform testing on human specimens
under the DoD CLIP. CLIP applies to all laboratories as defined under "laboratory"
below. When superceeded by the Tri-Service regulation, this document will
become obsolete.
1-2. References
Required and related publications and prescribes and referenced forms are
listed in Appendix A.
1-3. Explanation of abbreviations and terms
Abbreviations and special terms used in this publication are explained in
the Glossary.