The day everything looked “fine” — until it wasn’t At 10:07 a.m., your phlebotomy site labels the tubes perfectly, closes the tote, and hands them to the courier. Cold-chain-traceability? Chain-of-custody? On time delivery? Nothing “looks” wrong at delivery. Hours later, QC flags the run. Now you’re re-collecting patient samples, re-routing […]
ADLM – Two weeks ago The Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine hosted 900+ exhibitors and 200+ new and cutting edge products and services. We had the invaluable chance to connect with major players in chemistry, diagnostics, and laboratory medicine and gain countless insights on lab management, the state of healthcare, and important changes […]
Pre-analytical errors lead to specimen rejection and negatively affect patient safety. Healthcare laboratories receive patient specimens that are accepted based on certain sample rejection criteria. Every specimen may represent a life. Specimen rejection may endanger patient safety by compromising the quality of healthcare. What is the real risk of specimen […]
“An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure” This proverb suggests that a timely prevention attempt may avert pain later. As an example, we wear masks to avoid contracting the COVID-19 Virus. Similarly, thermally securing the healthcare transportation system will help safeguard the specimens for accurate results […]
It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters ~Epictetus Early this year, the news about the novel virus broke out. Little did we know that COVID-19 is going to engulf the globe and change the way we live. People known for being social creatures […]