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Article: A second look at some clinical laboratory dogma. (examination of validity of beliefs)
- Article from:
- Medical Laboratory Observer
- Article date:
- March 1, 1993
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 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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Find out if you are willing and able to question the prevailing wisdom.
WITHIN ALL FIELDS of endeavor, including clinical laboratory management, you encounter some relatively rigid, but not necessarily correct, approaches to issues. These long-held beliefs or attitudes are relatively easy to identify in work conversations. The speaker usually prefaces his remarks by saying: "As everyone knows...."
Let's assume that some of these doctrines in the laboratory field that "everyone knows" are right are actually wrong. Some may never have been correct but gained currency because there was no ready evidence to dispute them when they originated, or they were created ...