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Quality Indicators
Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories
Today's healthcare organizations are held to very high levels of accountability - by peers, by the general public and by Medicare and other payers. The Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL) accreditation is a means by which noninvasive vascular laboratories can evaluate and demonstrate the level of patient care they provide.
The physicians, technologists and sonographers on the ICAVL Board Of Directors composed The Standards (formerly the Essentials and Standards), an extensive document defining the minimum requirements for vascular laboratories to provide high-quality care. The Standards are used by laboratories as both a guideline and foundation to create and achieve realistic quality care goals. (ICAVL)
Does the vascular laboratory at UVa have accreditation from the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL)?
Yes. UVa’s Vascular Laboratory is accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL). All of the sonographers who work in the vascular laboratory are registered vascular technologists.
