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Thinking Outside the Box for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

May 16, 2018

ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Home Page, Quality Care

Laboratories are constantly seeking to improve their services for the benefit of their patients, but are usually under significant budgetary constraints. Sometimes all that is required to improve patient safety...

Preanalytical Variables–Critical for Appropriate Diagnosis

Lezlee Koch, MT(ASCP)

February 6, 2017

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The laboratory total testing process begins with the preanalytical phase and concludes with the postanalytical phase. Due to improvements in analytical techniques and effective quality programs, most errors no...

ASCLS: Enhancing Education in the Diagnostic Process

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December 8, 2016

ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Quality Care

It’s no secret that arriving at a definitive diagnosis in medicine is a complex process involving many “moving parts”. There is no “cookie cutter” or “one-size-fits-all” approach that can be applied, and very ...

ASCLS: Emphasizing Teamwork to Improve Diagnostic Accuracy

Pamela Meadows, MS, MT(ASCP)

November 10, 2016

ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Home Page, Quality Care

Diagnostic errors represent a prominent issue for patient safety. In an effort to improve accuracy in patient diagnosis, recent recommendations from the Institute of Medicine suggest that increased emphasis sh...

ASCLS: Looking into Improving Diagnosis in Health Care

Catherine Otto, Ph.D., MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM and Karen Golemboski, Ph.D., MLS(ASCP)CM

October 13, 2016

ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Quality Care

Since To Err is Human was published in 2000, healthcare has focused upon improving patient safety; specifically, reducing errors, decreasing hospital readmissions, and creating systems to reduce harm to patient...

Millennials Redefine Quality in Healthcare

Irwin Rothenberg MBA, MS, MLS(ASCP)

September 15, 2016

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The impact of millennials’ interpretations and expectations of quality service from the healthcare profession in general, and of laboratories in particular, continues to grow with each passing year. Now the l...

Improving Patient Safety–Employing Evidence-Based Laboratory Practice

Catherine Otto, Ph.D., MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM

June 9, 2016

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On a daily basis medical laboratory professionals receive orders to perform laboratory tests that are appropriate as well as inappropriate with respect to providing clinicians with information that adds value t...

Quality Improvement: The Process to Improve Patient Safety

Karen Golemboski, Ph.D., MLS(ASCP)CM

May 3, 2016

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The science of Quality Improvement (sometimes referred to as Continuous Quality Improvement or Total Quality Management) has been applied for decades in manufacturing and other industries to reduce defects and ...

Safe Patient Care Through Competent Management and Utilization of Laboratory Test Information

Lezlee Koch, MT(ASCP)

April 5, 2016

ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Quality Care

In 2003, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) identified the utilization of information technology as one of five essential competencies all healthcare practitioners need to deliver quality healthcare.1 With greater...

Interprofessional Teamwork–The Key to Safe Patient Care

Susan Morris, MPH, MLS(ASCP)CM

March 1, 2016

ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Quality Care

Healthcare today is increasingly complex. Expert clinical knowledge is not enough to ensure effective patient care. Strong communication skills, respect, and good connections among team members are critical to ...

It narrows down the doctors’ guess to the specific cause of illness

Martin koomeKenya

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:34:05-04:00

Martin koomeKenya

It narrows down the doctors’ guess to the specific cause of illness

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When only four years old, I developed a life-threatening infection that was treated effectively only after being tested against multiple...

KathyNorth Carolina

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:42:32-04:00

KathyNorth Carolina

When only four years old, I developed a life-threatening infection that was treated effectively only after being tested against multiple antibiotics in a clinical lab. I now help women reach their goal of medical school while teaching in an undergrad college. My colleague, another biology professor, survived meningitis as an infant in part due to the testing performed in a clinical lab. THANKS!

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It helps clinicians in patient management and prognosis.

SigeyNAIROBI

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:49:06-04:00

SigeyNAIROBI

It helps clinicians in patient management and prognosis.

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Every tube / specimen is a patient with a suspected illness in need of a diagnosis and appropriate course of...

G. Alexander BurnellJamaica, W.I.

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:36:13-04:00

G. Alexander BurnellJamaica, W.I.

Every tube / specimen is a patient with a suspected illness in need of a diagnosis and appropriate course of treatment. Without our adept analytical and interpretive skills, the clinical physician would be at a loss in providing the appropriate care and course of treatment. It is even more critical as in my case where you’re one of only two skilled personnel in respect to certain diagnostic procedures (Flow Cytometry for the immunophenotyping of leukemia’s).

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It is vital to finding a diagnosis.

Ginette HuartVancouver, BC, Canada

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:42:51-04:00

Ginette HuartVancouver, BC, Canada

It is vital to finding a diagnosis.

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