title: What constitutes a laboratory quality monitoring program?
abstract: A program of quality assurance for the laboratory is described that addresses both process and outcome validation. It begins by an analyses of the workload processing sequence, i.e., ordering, collecting, transporting, analyzing specimens, reporting tests results in a timely manner, and reduction of instrument, staff, and system-related errors in the generation of laboratory information. The observable medical staff requirements for effective utilization of the laboratory is the basis for defining outcome measures.
authors: Department of Pathology, Bridgeport Hospital, CT 06610.
authors: L H
authors: LH
authors: Bernstein
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003237:Connecticut; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D014600:Utilization Review