Jefferson Proving Ground, South of the Firing Line, Quality Control Plan. Volume III

The Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) recently published their Individualized Quality Control Plan (IQCP [https://www.cms.gov/regulations-and-guidance/legislation/CLIA/Individualized_Quality_Control_Plan_IQCP.html]), which will be the only option for quality control (QC) starting in January 2016 if laboratories choose not to perform Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) [U.S. Statutes at Large 81(1967):533] default QC. Laboratories will no longer be able to use “equivalent QC” (EQC) or the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) standards alone for quality control of their microbiology systems. The implementation of IQCP in clinical microbiology laboratories will most certainly be an added burden, the benefits of which are currently unknown.

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Quality control plan for road bridges – overview of COST Action TU1406 WG3 final report

IABSE Symposium, Guimarães 2019: Towards a Resilient Built Environment Risk and Asset Management ◽

10.2749/guimaraes.2019.1298 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Matej Kušar ◽

Poul Linneberg ◽

Joao Amado ◽

Snežana Mašović ◽

Nikola Tanasić ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Control ◽

Failure Modes ◽

Final Report ◽

Control Plan ◽

Cost Action ◽

Working Groups ◽

Group 3 ◽

Arch Bridges ◽

The Cost ◽

Damage Processes

The main objective of the COST Action TU1406 is to develop a guideline for the establishment of Quality Control plans for roadway bridges. The guideline is based on conclusions of Working groups 1 and 2 of the Action and is further developed with the contributions and findings of members of Working group 3. The paper presents the overview of the developed framework, where gradual damage processes as well as sudden events are being addressed in evaluation of Key Performance Indicators. The proposed framework relies on data from design and construction phase, as well as from results from visual inspections that are used for an assessment of safety and serviceability - the primary concerns of bridge managers. Special attention is aimed at possible Failure modes and related bridge Vulnerable zones. These are, for instance high moment regions, high shear regions and constructions joints, but can also be zones of bridge conceptual weaknesses. Since there are differences in design and materials for various bridge types, the suitability of the framework is tested separately for girder/frame bridges and arch bridges. Due to the specifics of sudden events, the application of the framework is given separately from gradual damage processes. Emphasis is given on flooding and scour as these are the most common culprits of bridge failures. The steps in the implementation of the framework are briefly shown and an illustrative example is presented.

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Performance-based assessment of Nahr Al-Fidar bridge

IABSE Symposium, Guimarães 2019: Towards a Resilient Built Environment Risk and Asset Management ◽

10.2749/guimaraes.2019.1237 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Nisrine Makhoul

Keyword(s):

Quality Control ◽

Service Life ◽

Performance Indicators ◽

Visual Inspection ◽

Visual Assessment ◽

Economic Losses ◽

Performance Goals ◽

Control Plan ◽

Performance Based Assessment ◽

Bridge Reconstruction

Nahr Al-Fidar Bridge is in Fidar village, which is located near Byblos City, Lebanon. The bridge reconstruction was carried out swiftly during 2006-2007, due to its importance as a vital commercial artery. Indeed, no traffic disruption is allowed on the bridge, since it leads to great economic losses. At the time being, even though the bridge has only accomplished about 10 years of its service life, it is being overloaded.The paper aims to assess the performance of Nahr Al-Fidar bridge. To that purpose, first, the case bridge is introduced, and a visual inspection took place to identify current the state of the bridge. Second, the performance indicators are evaluated for this bridge, by means of the visual assessment, and the key performance indicators are assessed. The aim is to check if the bridge meets the pre-specified performance goals. Finally, a quality control plan is implemented for Nahr Al-Fidar bridge.

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