Organizing clinical laboratory workflows to increase efficiency can be a major challenge for laboratory managers and directors, especially in light of qualified staff shortages and tight budgets. Clinical laboratories are tasked with producing reliable, accurate and timely results.
Laboratorians in all disciplines are working to implement Lean principles, and are reaping significant benefits from their efforts.
What is an appropriate crossover study for a new lot of QC materials for a test that we don’t run every day? If we aren’t running tests every day, do we need to do so in order to complete a 20-day study? When can we...
The Webinars are based on the document entitled Laboratory Quality Control Based on Risk Management; Approved Guideline (EP23-A).
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Process improvements result in fewer errors
Read MoreAbandoning the familiar for the promise of greener pastures has a certain allure, but for many, the simple fact is that change is uncomfortable. Despite this, the staff of Fairview Health Services’ diagnostic lab
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Read MoreWhen I first heard the term “Six Sigma” a week or so after joining CLP, my eyes rolled skyward and I silently wondered how long this newfangled idea would last. My previous job had left me somewhat jaded when it came to trendy management
Read MoreBy Sarah Schmelling Sonora Quest Laboratories, Tempe, Ariz. Six Sigma. It sounds like it could be the speed of a spaceship in your average science fiction novel. Add to it that it involves people who work up to earning Green and Black Belts, and
Read MoreI’m told it’s a common response to the news that one’s lab is going to get “Lean” to think, “uh oh, what are they going to do to me?” From the accounts we hear the answer is, allow people to feel more productive,
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