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Article: Enhance laboratory workflow to save steps and money.
- Article from:
- Medical Laboratory Observer
- Article date:
- April 1, 1992
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1992 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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Beware: Small savings in the lab may be expensive for the hospital. Examine the flow of laboratory operations in the context of the entire facility.
In these days of ever-decreasing laboratory funds and harder-to-find technologists, laboratorians are always looking for new ways to improve the efficiency of their operations. Often the purchase of new equipment seems to hold the answer. Yet in the absence of other changes, merely updating instrumentation will not necessarily enhance productivity.
A full picture emerges only with the analysis of laboratory workflow. If findings lead to the acquisition of new equipment, additional workflow analysis will ...