Tagged Patient Safety

ASCLS: Improving Timeliness in the Laboratory

Stacy Walz, PhD, MS, MT(ASCP)

November 3, 2015

ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Quality Care

“The Right Test on the Right Patient at the Right Time”…how often have you seen or heard this mantra? It’s a goal all laboratory professionals should have! The Institute of Medicine (IOM) lists ‘timeliness’ a...

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...

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...

Without quality systems in the clinical laboratory, diagnosis can be a crap shoot. No test is better than a test...

Betty Lynn HarrisAustin, Texas

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2019-10-07T20:59:27-04:00

Betty Lynn HarrisAustin, Texas

Without quality systems in the clinical laboratory, diagnosis can be a crap shoot. No test is better than a test that yields an incorrect value & sends the physician down a bunny trail looking for something that is not there.

https://www.labtestingmatters.org/testimonials/diagnosis-can-be-a-crap-shoot/

it is the backbone of modern medicine

Anas IsahNigeria

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:37:48-04:00

Anas IsahNigeria

it is the backbone of modern medicine

https://www.labtestingmatters.org/testimonials/it-is-the-backbone-of-modern-medicine/

I started out my carrier change studying to be a RN. BUT it was boring for the most part sitting...

Mary MillerOklahoma

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:44:34-04:00

Mary MillerOklahoma

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 growing inside blood, wounds, our tissue and to know this is what probably is causing the illness. Only to give the results to the Dr. for him to tell you what the problem is. We get no thanks but we know we don’t have to be the glory seekers. Not to forget blood banking. We test the blood for correct matches for transfusions because one can’t simply just get any blood. So yes our job is hidden but we are Super Heroes! I love my job!!!

https://www.labtestingmatters.org/testimonials/relentless-paperwork/

Lab test results are an integral part of the medical diagnostic process!

Donna DaytonIndiana University

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:50:58-04:00

Donna DaytonIndiana University

Lab test results are an integral part of the medical diagnostic process!

https://www.labtestingmatters.org/testimonials/results-are-an-integral-part/

I remember one case where a patient had complaints that were confusing to the doctor and he (the patient) was...

Ritah KiconcoMbarara, Uganda

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:05:47-04:00

Ritah KiconcoMbarara, Uganda

I remember one case where a patient had complaints that were confusing to the doctor and he (the patient) was sent to the lab. We performed liver function tests and renal fuction tests. The results revealed the the renal function tests were out of range and so the doctor had a clearer picture of what was going on with the patient. So what do I learn from this? Well, i could say that, my proffesion saved the day. Both for the troubled patient and the confused doctor!

https://www.labtestingmatters.org/testimonials/complaints-that-were-confusing/

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