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ASHI Governance
Standards for Histocompatibility Testing Section B - Personnel Qualifications B1.000
A Director/Technical Supervisor must hold an earned doctoral degree in
a biologic science, or be a physician, and subsequent to graduation
must have had four years experience in immunology or cell biology, two
of which were devoted to formal training in human histocompatibility
testing. Credit toward this 96 weeks can be applied at the rate of 19
weeks for each year of appropriate working experience in human
histocompatibility testing. The Director must have documentation of
professional competence in the appropriate activities in which the
laboratory is engaged. This should be based on a sound knowledge of
the fundamentals of immunology, genetics and histocompatibility
testing and reflected by external measures such as participation in
national or international workshops and publications in peer-reviewed
journals. He/she is available on site commensurate with workload at
the laboratory, provides adequate supervision of technical personnel,
utilizes his/her special scientific skills in developing new
procedures and is held responsible for the proper performance,
interpretation and reporting of all laboratory procedures and the
laboratory’s successful participation in proficiency testing. B2.000
A General Supervisor must hold a bachelor’s degree and have had
three years’ experience in human histocompatibility testing under
the supervision of a qualified Director/Technical Supervisor or five
years of supervised experience if a bachelor’s degree has not been
earned. CHS (ABHI) certification is highly recommended. B3.000
A Histocompatibility Technologist must have had one year of supervised
experience in human histocompatibility testing, regardless of academic
degree or other training and experience. It is highly recommended that
they be either CHS or CHT (ABHI) certified. The term Technician is
applied to trainees and other laboratory personnel with less than one
year’s supervised experience in human histocompatibility testing,
regardless of academic degree or other training and experience. B4.000
The size of the staff must be large enough to carry out the volume and
variety of tests required without a degree of pressure which will
result in errors. B5.000 All personnel must meet the standards which are required by Federal, State and local laws. .
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