TY - BOOK AU - Kinkus,Candis A. TI - Laboratory management: quality in laboratory diagnosis T2 - Diagnostic standards of care series SN - 9781617050886 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Demos Medical KW - Diagnosis, Laboratory KW - Total quality management KW - Laboratories KW - organization & administration KW - Total Quality Management N1 - Includes index; Accreditation and regulatory compliance -- Patient safety -- Quality management and performance improvement -- Financial management -- Staff management -- Laboratory safety -- Specimen logistics -- Test utilization -- Competitive performance in the outreach market -- Selection and management of reference laboratories -- Instrument selection for the clinical laboratory -- Selection and utilization of a laboratory N2 - Laboratory Management addresses common issues and errors seen in the laboratory management process. The goal is to enable the laboratory manager to avoid or correct such errors by both individual effort and a systems approach in the laboratory. The book addresses potential issues in accreditation and regulatory compliance, laboratory and patient safety, quality management, financial management, human resources management, specimen processing logistics, performance standards, selection and management of commercial laboratories and much more. Each of these can have an adverse impact on the labor UR - #gotoholdings ER -