CLSI’s educational sessions take place at face-to-face meetings all over the country, or even in your own laboratory, via online forums and webinar formats. All training is led by CLSI experts who have had first-hand roles in the development of the standards from which they are teaching. You can take part in:

For laboratories that need quick access to critical procedure guidelines for their day-to-day work, CLSI offers a variety of companion products that supplement and simplify the standards for easy implementation and practical use. These offerings include:

View all available companion products at the CLSI online store.

Many of the educational sessions offered to participants through CLSI U will provide continuing education credit.

CLSI is an approved provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) P.A.C.E.^® Program.

CLSI partners with many organizations to offer numerous educational programs based on CLSI standards. These include:

• The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
• The Joint Commission
• College of American Pathologists (CAP)

These programs allow laboratory professionals to optimize their time and resources by offering flexible learning opportunities. Learning at their own workplace, health care professionals can improve their practices by gaining insights from real-life scenarios and case studies from our webinars.

1. Receive the EP23 Document, Workbook, and Worksheet. These materials are included with your registration. Your fee is reduced if you already own the EP23 document, and you get the Workbook and Worksheet to complete your collection.
2. Hear From the Experts. The workshop speakers, from both the government and professions, discuss their unique perspectives on risk assessment and quality control.
3. Learn the Latest CMS/CLIA Plans. Get the most up-to-date news on CMS/CLIA’s plans to recognize the concepts of EP23 and discontinue use of the original equivalent quality control (EQC).
4. Get Answers. Satisfy all questions about implementing an individualized quality control plan (IQCP) and get advice from the speakers and other workshop attendees.
5. Expand Your Network .Meet laboratory and manufacturing professionals for a chance to exchange ideas about implementing a quality control plan (QCP).
6. Review Real Life Examples .Hear examples about the creation of moderate complexity QCPs from the laboratory director perspective.
7. Gain Hands-on Experience .Collaborate in breakout sessions to create an IQCP using the CLSI Worksheet.
8. Earn CEUs. 5.0 P.A.C.E.® CEUs will be awarded for your participation.
9. Join the Discussion. Become part of the elite group that CLSI will call upon for future ideas and information relative to the implementation of EP23 concepts.
10. Share Your Knowledge. Take the tools and your new understanding of how to implement EP23 back to your facility, so that everyone can reduce risk through a comprehensive QCP!