Historically, laboratory testing has been part of the healthcare industry where the testing was performed at a central laboratory by lab technicians. Besides, some testing was also carried out in "satellite" laboratories separate from the central laboratory-but still by lab technicians. A major job of clinical laboratories is to provide high-quality, efficient, timely laboratory testing to the healthcare industry at a feasible cost. Each time when a laboratory test is done, consideration of criteria like service, cost and quality are essential. With the additional pressure that economics has created in health care industry today, it can become a real challenge to meet these three criteria to accomplish your mission. Point of care testing devices can be an opportunity to minimize that pressure, by boosting the managers to rethink how they provide laboratory services. It can inspire people to look at things from different perspective. . (Point-of-care Testing: A Step to the Future By Thomas J. Dilts, MT(ASCP), MBPA) Today’s healthcare industry needs rapid analyses, diagnosis and treatment of disease of the patient as the number of diseases is increasing simultaneously with the increasing population. Laboratory test results play a very important role in the diagnosis and treatment of a patient. The physicians and the other healthcare personnel are made …show more content…
The point of care devices are used for testing biological parameters at or near the site of patient care. It is basically testing done outside the traditional laboratory system. They are portable and easy to handle devices. They can be helpful in areas like inpatient facilities, outpatient departments, intensive care units, emergency medical services and peripheral areas. Home testing can also be done by using such devices. Thus point of care testing can be performed at different settings such as hospital, clinics and
First, this text will discuss some background on Labcorp to form a better understanding of the business, and the practices used. Labcorp is one of the largest clinical Laboratories in the world, which includes many wholly owned subsidiaries. The Laboratory Corporation of America (2013) website LabCorp has over 220,000 clients and process over 400,000 samples per day. LabCorp uses an innovative clinical laboratory processing, referral, and specimen testing information systems to create fluent, and easy to use specimen processing and testing. This process has developed through time, and LabCorp has grown into a robust multi- laboratory testing facilities through the buyout, and absorption of numerous specialty laboratories. As the buyout of subsidiaries has been a large part of the growth of this business, information technology had to grow along side, as the connection between all sites became critical for survival, to keep the stance of a premier multifunctional Laboratory tycoon (Laboratory Corporation of America, 2013).
CLIA is matter and it's design to improved the quality of clinical laboratory testing to the patients for safety and assurance that the healthcare facility will provide the best services to every individual. Each laboratory must have a certified to perform test and must follow written procedures to be able to give a positive and outstanding outcome. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00016177.htm
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Labs are constantly being used to run tests and use large volumes of chemicals and other substances. This causes concern for water and air
A laboratory audit ensures that the laboratory has quality systems in place, follows good laboratory practices, and generates data of integrity and quality. If the laboratory standards have not been met changes are applied and then a re-audit is performed after a certain time period to ensure that the changes have been implemented and maintained. Stage 1 involves selecting a topic to be audited and is likely to include processes that have been shown to produce best outcomes for patients. Stage 2 is about defining the criteria and standards. The criteria defines what is being measured and the standards define the aspect of care to be measured and it should be based on the best evidence. Stage 3 is collecting of the data. To ensure that the collection of data is accurate, and that only vital information is collected, certain details of what is to be audited must be established from the outset and sample sizes of data should be of a reasonable size as this will allow you to come to a valid assumption. Stage 4 compares performance with criteria and standards. This stage analyzes the results obtained from the data collection and theses are then compared with criteria and standards. The end of the analysis concludes how well the standards were met and if any standards were not met improvements are likely. In stage 5 once the results have been discussed and published agreements must be made about the commendations for change. An action plan is good to record the ideas for change. Action plan development involves improvement of the audit mainly if measures are found to be incorrectly assessed. Also new process or outcome measures may be
...nt for early detection of different diseases. Although they have been somewhat effective in the past, they need to be updated and improved so a wider range of diseases can be detected. Among these checkups, an emphasis should be made on checking for congenital heart defects, especially those who are hard to detect. This should be a priority because a baby with a CCHD could be at risk in the future. Furthermore, children who have a heart disease such as Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome are at greater risk. In these cases, early detection is key for eliminating this types of conditions. This way an appropriate treatment can be given at a younger age and a more permanent solution can be offered to eliminate the condition such as surgery. If the root of these types of diseases can be eliminated now, future generations can have a better healthy life quality and assurance.
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Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications (3rd edition). Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company.
Evaluate Nursing Assessment demonstrating an understanding of physical, psychsocial, cultural and ethical considerations. Nursing has a proud history to the public, and the public expects competent nurses to provide safe and ethical nursing care. The School Nurse plays an important role in nursing assessments. The process of assessment involves a variation of assessment tools, including interview and observational testing.
As technology continues to evolve, so does the need for healthcare facilities to continually maintain a higher level of competence that runs parallel to electronic and scientific advancement. Comparatively, the structure of hi-tech facilities, such as medical centers and clinics prepared with new amenities, has enhanced the industry scale of communities by working in the healthcare arena. Likewise, technological innovations which help diagnose a variety of infections and disorders has helped in assisting patients in receiving increased quality care. As a result, patient care as a whole has positively affected the population over the last decade. Furthermore, it only makes sense that more personalized and precise problem-solving methods and procedures will be devised in the future.
Without the appropriate selection of laboratory tests patient care and diagnoses are compromised (Passiment, 2013). Deciphering laboratory names and tests is imperative to optimal care (Passiment, 2013). Not only does misinterpretation put the patient at risk, and delay treatment, it is also costing the hospitals a lot of money (Passiment, 2013). This issue may not be human error though. The laboratories use a LIS (Laboratory Information System) to pair and assign the abbreviations per there regulations (Passiment, 2013).
This piece of work will be based on the pre-assessment process that patients go through on arrival to an endoscopy unit in which I was placed in during my second year studying Adult diploma Nursing. I will explore one patient’s holistic needs, identifying the priorities of care that the patient requires; I will then highlight a particular priority and give a rational behind this. During an admission I completed under the supervision of my mentor I was pre-assessing a 37 year old lady who had arrived to the unit for an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. During the pre-assessment it was important that a holistic assessment is performed as every patient is an individual with unique care needs as the patient outline in this piece of work has learning disabilities it was imperative to identify any barriers with communication (Nursing standards 2006).
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There are so many doctors’ requisitions going in and out of the laboratory so it is very important to pay attention to what tests the doctors are ordering. Phlebotomist’s are also required to know and understand what correct tubes to draw for each patient. If the phlebotomist isn’t knowledgeable of the tube selection, the ordering doctor will not receive the correct results and it falls on the phlebotomist’s responsibility. As a phlebotomist, we must enter tests and orders into the database with patient’s information, insurance information, doctor’s information, orders and tests, so it is crucial that we pay attention to detail at all times. Attention to detail is vital because without it, specimens may get misplaced or
They test many types of samples in the lab such as skin or body fluids like blood and urine. Lab techs have the responsibility to not only perform the test but to record the results and get the results where they need to be. Blood tests can indicate many different conditions such as a hormone imbalance or blood type. This is very important because if someone receives a blood type that is not compatible with their own blood, the patient could die. Skin and tissue samples can also lead to a diagnosis. They can run tests to see if a sample reacts to something or doesn’t react to something. This is how the lab tech helps to diagnose.