ACROSS 1. A type of negligence 3. Black stripes corresponding to letters and numbers 5. Person against whom the complaint is filed 9. Information collected for analysis 11. Clinical and Laboratory Sciences Institute 12. The state of being liable 13. Quality assurance (abbreviation) 14. Injured party in a lawsuit 17. Common name for complete test package 19. Where 10% of malpractice lawsuits end up 20. Complete medical file of a patient is called a 21. Level of normal care, care 23. Anyone who has not reached age of majority 24. Begins legal proceedings 25. To give permission for medical procedure 26. Agency that manages federal HC programs (abbreviation) 27. A of conduct 30. Type of legal action in which the party sues for monetary damages 33. National agency that accredits laboratory programs 35. - control or assurance 36. To examine and judge the worth of DOWN 1. Provides health care to person over 65 years of age 2. Number of QA recommendations for CoWs 4. Federal rules and regulations for all diagnostic laboratories 6. Check that compares current results with previous ones 7. Turnaround time 8 A process used to settle disputes 10. Follow a path by means of evidence to get to outcome 14. Lawyers are said to - 15. Realities or truths 16. To do damage or injury 18. General course or drift (pl) 21. Taking deposition and interrogating persons 22. Another abbreviation for SGOT 27. Hematoma/injury and discoloring of skin 28. Intentional threat of immediate harm 29. Deceitful practice 31. Based on the law 32. Use of checks and controls (abbreviation) 34. Chance of injury, damage, or loss