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Recognizing the Strengths and Weaknesses in Your Labs Quality Assurance Plan for POC Testing

Jeanne Mumford MT(ASCP)
September 30, 2015
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What exactly does your Quality Assurance (QA) Plan say about your point of care program (POC)? Are you prepared for your next accreditation inspection? Do you meet regularly with your testing personnel from...

Determining what is “normal” with reference range verification

Margaret Blaetz CLC(AMT), CCCP(AAPOL), MLT(ASCP)
September 22, 2015
From the Bench
Every day, in every town, physicians are asked the same questions. Doctor what are my lab results?  Are they normal? It seems like an easy question, and it is.  The answer, however, is not so simple. ...

Improving Laboratory Operations and Efficiencies

Lucia Berte MA,MT(ASCP)
September 17, 2015
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  Your laboratory has a number of opportunities to investigate its current practices and improve upon efficiencies and overall operations.  When your laboratory embraces continual learning and finds...

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

John Daly, MD
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...

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    More than half of the decision to treat is based on laboratory results. As a patient, a Medical Technologist and Regulatory Advisor, I have been on all ends of laboratory testing and not once did the importance of those result alter, as it may have been the defining factor between a life saved and a life lost. Accurate results = Accurate action.
    Maurica PriceMaryland
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    I started out my carrier change studying to be a RN. BUT it was boring for the most part sitting for long hours typing in the relentless paperwork. Medical lab technicians jobs are always new and exciting. No two results are the same. You are a mini detective, lifesaver, mad scientist all in one. Doctors and nurses see one is ill from the outside, but we see deep into the tissue, blood, urine and body fluids to see what is causing the illness. To see the morphology of the cells, the bacteria gro…
    Mary MillerOklahoma
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    Labs save lives
    Brendon SatoRapid City, SD
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    We as laboratory technicians can and do help the doctors identify the problem/problems that are going on with their patients. Laboratory results are very important in the diagnosis of MANY diseases, cancers and Etc.
    Michelle M
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    accurate results begins with obtaining quality sample first!
    CassandraTodd Carraway, RN, MSN, EdDHawaii
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    It Saves Lives
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    It Saves Lives!
    Jose CollinsNew York, NY
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    it is the backbone of modern medicine
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    We provide valuable clues in diagnosis that would not have otherwise been available from an outward patient examination.
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    Proper detection, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases are dependent on laboratory tests being performed with quality and precision.
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