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Change is inevitable, and as a leader of a clinical laboratory, you are expected to lead, implement, and manage change. This means dealing with a wide range of challenges. Change is both a challenge and an opportunity for growth. Research facilities and technology are evolving rapidly, with more opportunities in recent years. Laboratory managers need […]
Need Anesthesia Equipment for your lab? Click here Introduction Anesthesia is a condition of temporary loss of pain. It’s induced by using certain drugs, either for medical purposes such as surgery, skin biopsies, screening, dental work, and diagnostic tests or for animal research [1]. Scientists use anesthesia to prevent animals from feeling any pain and […]
Need Equipment for your Laboratory & Research? Click here A team is defined as task-dependent people who share responsibility for a particular goal and see themselves and others as intact social units embedded in at least one larger social structure (e.g., a professional unit or company), and manage their relationships across the association. Although […]
One of the leading causes of malpractice suits is the failure or breakdown of the laboratory test workflow. An integral part of this workflow is test tracking, which encompasses procedures from the point of test requests, sample collections, analyses, reports, and patient treatment plans. The test tracking system is a mechanism that assures positive identification […]
Information technology (IT) has revolutionized all facets of human life, including health care delivery. In the laboratory setting, in particular, the integration of IT in the laboratory, through the application of laboratory information systems (LIS) and laboratory information management systems (LIMS), has enhanced a range of services, including the ordering of laboratory tests, advanced instrument […]
What is Laboratory Utilization or Lab Stewardship? Clinical laboratory utilization management is concerned with the effective use of resources while ensuring benefit to patients through the administration of appropriate tests at cost-effective rates. It requires the involvement of diverse parties including administrators, clinicians, laboratory personnel, and quality control professionals. In the recent past, the […]
Need Equipment for your Laboratory & Research? Click here Quality assessment Quality assessment (QA) is the evaluation of the results obtained in the lab using known standards and proficiency panels in order to validate quality control and quality assurance programs. Quality assessment can be internal, where the lab’s staff performs the verification tests, or […]
Reference to this article: ConductScience, Laboratory Quality Control (2019). doi.org/10.55157/CS20191121 Need Lab Equipment for your lab? Click here What is Laboratory Quality Control? Laboratory quality control is all the measures put in place to eliminate the risk of non-conforming outcomes. It involves systems that safeguard the accuracy, reliability, and timeliness of lab results by ensuring […]
The care and maintenance of laboratory equipment are an integral part of quality assurance in the lab. Well-maintained lab equipment ensures that data is consistent and reliable, which in turn impacts the productivity and integrity of the work produced. Furthermore, since laboratory equipment generally takes up a big cut of the budget, good maintenance contributes […]
Need Lab Equipment for your research? Click here Preston Brown, a graduate student at Texas Tech University was working on the highly energetic nickel hydrazine perchlorate (NHP) in early January 2010 when an almost fatal accident that scarred him for life occurred. In a series of events that involved disregard for his supervisor’s guidelines, failure […]
Need human resources for your project? Click here Running a lab is not so different from running a business. Like a business, a lab is made up of people with diverse skills who work as a team. A lab needs to be financed so that the required resources can be made available. Generally, a lab […]
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