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CAP · CLIA · Joint Commission

Updated October 2026

Walk into your next lab inspection ready.

Ready-to-use CAP, CLIA, and Joint Commission readiness trackers for clinical and hospital labs — so nothing slips before survey day.

Why LabSteady

Everything is designed to make survey preparation calm, organized, and defensible.

Mapped to real requirements

Plain-language checklists mapped to real CAP, CLIA, and TJC requirements — no jargon, no guessing what a standard actually asks for.

Live readiness dashboards

See your % ready at a glance. Every tracker rolls up completed items into a clear readiness score you can share with leadership.

Built how surveyors inspect

Organized around how surveyors actually work — tracers, findings, and CAPAs — so you prepare the way you'll be assessed.

Updated for 2026

Refreshed for the 2026 standard changes, including CMS's 2025 personnel changes and the October 2026 CLIA proposed rule, so you're tracking against current expectations, not last year's checklist.

The trackers

One-time purchase, delivered instantly through the LabSteady Store. Yours to keep and reuse every survey cycle.

Joint Commission (TJC) Lab Compliance & Survey Readiness Tracker (2026)

Built on the Joint Commission laboratory accreditation program, with chapter-by-chapter checklists, tracer prep, and a hospital-program mapping tab for labs surveyed with their hospital.

CAP/CLIA Lab Compliance & Audit Readiness Tracker (2026)

Stay inspection-ready for CAP accreditation and CLIA compliance with a checklist mapped to real requirements plus a live readiness dashboard.

CAP → TJC Lab Accreditation Transition Toolkit (2026)

Switching accreditors? Map every CAP domain to its Joint Commission equivalent, close the TJC-only gaps, and run the switch as a project — crosswalk, gap list, and transition plan in one workbook.

Lab Temperature & Environmental Monitoring Log (2026)

A daily temperature and environmental monitoring log with excursion tracking and corrective-action notes for refrigerators, freezers, and lab spaces.

Free Lab Survey Readiness Checklist

Get our one-tab lite tracker — a quick, printable readiness checklist you can start using today. It's a free download from the LabSteady Store, no account required.