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In 2021 I graduated and got a job at a small clinic lab that was COLA accredited. The COLA inspection was less thorough, but I still think the guy did a good job.

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We got told a week ahead that CAP was coming. And it was just techs from the other hospital. CAP said they don't have anyone to send, so we're doing a peer-to-peer inspection. It was a joke. I could've documented farts for qc and we would've passed. The lab managers know each and were just chatting and the other inspecting techs were clueless. They literally just asked, do you guys run qc three times a day for chemistry. And I said yes. They asked a few other questions and then hung out in the cafeteria for a bit. They didn't even bother to check. Virtually none of the policies were reviewed. Nothing. They pulled a handful of tracers, and that was it. I feel like I'm wasting my time for nothing. I thought CAP was the gold standard...but now I know its just marketing and a joke.

In 2022, I got my big girl job as a chemistry supervisor at a busy 350 bed hospital. (I'm told nobody wanted the job.) But I'm young and ambitious, and I looove a good challenge. So I took it. It was a mess. Documentation was non-existent. Policies referred to analyzers that had been sold. Literariness referred to assay on analyzers that weren't in use. It was a mess. Come 2023, and CAP is doing live inspections again. So I'm worrying to make sure everything is up-to-date.

f, the focal length, is positive for a converging object (concave mirror or convex lens), and negative for a diverging object (convex mirror or concave lens). When the image distance is positive, the image is on the side where the light is (the object side for mirrors but the opposite side for lenses), and it is real and inverted. When the image distance is negative, the image is on the negative side, so the image is virtual and upright. A negative m means that the image is inverted. Positive means an upright image.

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For lenses, The side of the lens where the object is positive for objects but negative for images. A positive image distance means the image is on the other side of the lens, because that's the side where the light goes. f, the focal length, is positive for a converging object (concave mirror or convex lens), and negative for a diverging object (convex mirror or concave lens). When the image distance is positive, the image is on the side where the light is (the object side for mirrors but the opposite side for lenses), and it is real and inverted. When the image distance is negative, the image is on the negative side, so the image is virtual and upright. A negative m means that the image is inverted. Positive means an upright image.

I've been a Med Tech since 2020. In college, I had my rotation at at a local 200 bed hospital and they had a TJC inspection. It was a 3-day affair and the inspector was very thorough.

When the image distance is positive, the image is on the side where the light is (the object side for mirrors but the opposite side for lenses), and it is real and inverted. When the image distance is negative, the image is on the negative side, so the image is virtual and upright. A negative m means that the image is inverted. Positive means an upright image.