Clinical chemistry work-load control factors.

ORK-LOAD CONTROL FACTORS in clinical laboratories are not available in the literature. Business engineering and manpower-study methods are not readily applicable to laboratory work in which varied human elements exist. The remarkable variety of methods, choice of technics, personal viewpoints, lack of contacts, and few chances for direct comparison with the work of others in the field also make meaningful comparative work-load studies difficult to produce. It is believed the results of our studies will be of interest to others and stimulate comparative studies.