Improved Laboratory Stat Test Turnaround Time Using Lean Six Sigma
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Lean six sigma process improvement in specimen receiving to improve stat chemistry turnaround times
Objective: As a consequence of stat turnaround times (TATs) chronically exceeding 60 minutes, our laboratory was facing pressure to divert limited resources toward the implementation of an emergency department satellite laboratory. Peer-reviewed literature in clinical laboratory quality assurance and improvement indicates that between 60-70% of errors occur at the pre-analytical level. Thus...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0002-9173,1943-7722
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/138.suppl2.36