Assess whether an audit finding is a program-wide failure (fa4a65)

Situation

Specimen Validity work in a federal contractor under an HHS-mandatory program now turns on an audit finding is because a SAP who closed the file before follow-up tests finished put observed-collection justification memo in play. HHS-certified lab liaison should say what observed-collection justification memo proves.

Decision

HHS-certified lab liaison in a federal contractor under an HHS-mandatory program must choose Accept the result / Reject on custody / Recollect / Hold using observed-collection justification memo after a SAP who closed the file before follow-up tests finished.

Hypotheses to test

• A SAP who closed the file before follow-up tests finished is noise around an already-controlled Specimen Validity process in a federal contractor under an HHS-mandatory program, given observed-collection justification memo.
• A SAP who closed the file before follow-up tests finished is the event in observed-collection justification memo that forces Accept the result for HHS-certified lab liaison under Forensic Drug Testing.
• Observed-collection justification memo shows a one-file miss after a SAP who closed the file before follow-up tests finished, not a Specimen Validity program failure.
• Observed-collection justification memo cannot decide an audit finding is yet after a SAP who closed the file before follow-up tests finished; hold is the only Forensic Drug Testing close a federal contractor under an HHS-mandatory program can defend.

Analysis required

• Check MRO notes and cutoffs against the protocol a federal contractor under an HHS-mandatory program claims to run.
• Walk chain of custody, collection site, and validity flags in observed-collection justification memo after a SAP who closed the file before follow-up tests finished.
• Name the step HHS-certified lab liaison cannot reconstruct from observed-collection justification memo.
• For this Forensic Drug Testing Specimen Validity file, read observed-collection justification memo against a SAP who closed the file before follow-up tests finished and write the one fact that would move an audit finding is for HHS-certified lab liaison.

Recommendation

Choose Accept the result / Reject on custody / Recollect / Hold on this Forensic Drug Testing / Specimen Validity packet (observed-collection justification memo after a SAP who closed the file before follow-up tests finished). The follow-on Specimen Validity action is what HHS-certified lab liaison does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.