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IQCP: Bridging QC and QA

Irwin Rothenberg MBA, MS, MLS(ASCP)
May 31, 2016
From the Bench
It appears that there is still some confusion among laboratory personnel in differentiating QC from QA, and that this uncertainty has been compounded by the introduction and implementation of the Individualized...

Quality Improvement: The Process to Improve Patient Safety

Karen Golemboski, Ph.D., MLS(ASCP)CM
May 3, 2016
ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Quality Care
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 ...

In search for the soul of healthcare

Tammy Zinmeister
December 3, 2015
Quality Care
Experiencing the joy of being healthy plays a central role in modern life. Health improves the quality of our lives and the lives of those we love. I certainly don’t need to explain to you, how advances in s...

ASCLS: Improving Diagnosis in Health Care from the Lab’s Perspective

ASCLS Patient Safety Committee
September 28, 2015
ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Quality Care
Last week, on September 22nd,  the Institute of Medicine (IOM) announced the publication of its report, Improving Diagnosis in Health, a follow-up to To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm.  Improving D...

Preventing pre-analytical errors to reduce costs and ensure positive patient outcomes.

Kathleen Finnegan MS MT(ASCP)SHCM
September 15, 2015
From the Bench
Preventable laboratory errors occur through all phases of testing process. Unfortunately, 46-68 percent of all laboratory errors occur during the pre-analytics phase of testing due to the complexity and manual ...

Quality and Continuous Learning

Tammy Zinmeister
August 20, 2015
Quality Care
As a nation, we have invested extensively in striving for quality and patient safety in healthcare. Many of us would agree that the two major reports of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) –To Err is Human: Buildin...

ASCLS: Ensuring Safe Laboratory Services

Catherine Otto, Ph.D., MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM
August 4, 2015
ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Quality Care
Healthcare needs to be safe, effective, efficient, timely, patient-centered and equitable.  Each of these attributes is one of the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Quality Aims, and each describes one component of...

Medical Laboratory Professionals, Improving Patient Safety: An Introduction

Catherine Otto, Ph.D., MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM
July 6, 2015
ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Quality Care
It has been fifteen years since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published To Err is Human1 and Crossing the Quality Chasm2 alerting healthcare professionals and consumers that patients were unintentionally bein...

Cultural Competence

Susan Morris, MPH, MLS(ASCP)CM
June 30, 2015
From the Bench
The term “creating a culture of…..” has become the cliché of the 2000s’ ethos of competent management. It is no longer enough to lay down the rules; train your personnel, and maintain documentation; now we must...

U.S. News Unveils Quality Hospital Ratings System

Susan Morris, MPH, MLS(ASCP)CM
May 28, 2015
Quality Care
Do you wonder how well your hospital stacks up against others in your area? This month, U.S. News & World Report unveiled its new system Best Hospitals for Common Care ratings,  an analysis of hospital qual...
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It narrows down the doctors’ guess to the specific cause of illness

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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

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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.

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

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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.

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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

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

Ginette HuartVancouver, BC, Canada

It is vital to finding a diagnosis.
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