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Article: At last, a guide to cost accounting in the lab. (clinical laboratories)
- Article from:
- Medical Laboratory Observer
- Article date:
- May 1, 1991
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1991 Nelson Publishing. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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A new NCCLS guideline is intended to give lab supervisors, managers, and directors a better grasp of day-to-day costs.
Some of the earliest known writing consisted of records carved on clay tablets. Keeping the books has progressed substantially beyond that ancient medium, of course. Nevertheless, clinical laboratory supervisors and managers need all the help they can get in working toward cost containment. They will be served by consulting a new proposed guideline published by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards: Document GP11-P, "Cost Accounting in the Clinical Laboratory."
GP11-P provides advice and worksheets to help ...