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Genoptix CLIA Laboratory

As a 7,500-square-foot program component for the design of a larger cytology and oncology diagnostic facility, Genoptix required a certified CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments) laboratory.

Criteria included conformance to CDC’s Standards and Certification: Laboratory Requirements (42 CFR 493) issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), with particular design attention to criteria in Section 493.111, Facilities Administration.

The design solution was coordinated with laboratory managers to ensure sample flows were uni-directional within the CLIA labs, that space planning segregated this function from other testing operations to avoid cross-contamination and that relative air pressurization and filtration was appropriate to the diagnostic procedures.

CLIA inspections and subsequent certification were completed and achieved in Q4 2013.

Location

San Diego, CA

Square Footage

7,500

Team Members

Ken Baldwin
David Boyd