Common Problems in Clinical Laboratory Management - Softcover

O'Brien, Judith A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070482659 ISBN 13: 9780070482654

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1999

Synopsis

A valuable look at the clinical challenges and questions that arise in the everyday operation of the clinical lab Focuses on practical solutions to the most common, but not necessarily easy-to-solve, problems Covers procedures and policies, planning continuing education, establishing quality control and quality assurance protocols, tuberculosis control, OSHA, and CLIA-88

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This thoroughly practical guide is packed with read-to-use solutions to the everyday concerns of the clinical laboratory manager. Designed for busy laboratory professionals, Common Problems in Clinical Laboratory Management puts tested lab procedures, operations, and answers into a well-illustrated, user-friendly format. This all-inclusive reference manual helps you: understand and comply with CLIA '88 and OSHA regulations; meet other safety and disease-control standards; prepare manuals for general operating procedures and standard operating procedures; pass proficiency tests and inspections; establish a quality assurance program and fulfill quality control guidelines; handle personnel and administrative issues; solve documentation dilemmas and master coding and billing--CPT and ICD; generate laboratory numbers--linearity, normal values, statistics--and organize data. Common Problems addresses a host of other critical issues as well. In fact, it's designed to solve the majority of problems routinely encountered in clinical laboratory management. Also, the Appendixes contain two sample manuals, a General Operating Procedure Manual, and a Standard Operating Procedure Manual. With a workable, one-step-at-a-time approach to each issue, this guidebook provides a simple and sound foundation for a well-running clinical laboratory.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0070482659
• ISBN 13: 9780070482654
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 557