Why Should I Care About Benchmarking in Healthcare? Deborah Blecker-Shelly June 19, 2023 ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Featured, Home Page, UncategorizedHow do I compare and stack up? Are we a better team, friend or athlete than our competitors are? It’s human nature to ...
Lab Testing Matters: Lab Testing Takes Center Stage for HAI Surveillance Benjamin D. Galvan, MLS(ASCP), CIC, CPH December 2, 2022 ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Featured, Home PageMedical Laboratory Science (MLS) plays a vital role in the daily activities of infection prevention (IP). Though the sco...
NIPT – The Pros, the Cons, and How It Affects Patient Safety Brandy D. Gunsolus April 11, 2022 ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Featured, Home Page, Quality CareNon-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) has exploded over the last 5-7 years, transforming an industry seemingly in the bli...
Non-Invasive Monitoring of Transplant Recipients Using Next-Generation Sequencing Rose Hanna, DCLS, MS, MLS (ASCP)CM April 11, 2022 ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Featured, Home Page, Quality CareTissue biopsy is the gold standard for assessing allograft rejection and managing treatment in solid organ transplant. H...
Telehealth and the Impact to the Clinical Laboratory Amid a Pandemic Courtney Shrader, MSHS, MLS(ASCP)cm, CPHQ, Katrina (Kate) T. Moreau, MAT, MLS (ASCP)cm and Gerardo Ramos, Ph.D., MS, MLS(ASCP)cm, F-ABFT December 1, 2020 ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Featured, Home Page, Quality Care, UncategorizedIt is 9:00 am and you are getting ready for your medical appointment scheduled for 9:15 am. The 15-minute lead time to ...
Laboratories Build Resiliency Amidst a Pandemic Pamela Meadows, Ed.D., MT(ASCP), Brooke Whitaker, DCLS, MLS(ASCP)cm and Carolyn Sabady, PBT (ASCP) November 23, 2020 ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Featured, Home Page, Quality CareAs clinical laboratories are pressed to increase testing capacity for SARS-CoV-2, one key question looms. How do we sec...