title: The application of measurement systems in the management of medical laboratories.
abstract: The Workload Recording System, initially developed by the Canadian Association of Pathologists, with subsequent and joint active participation with the College of American Pathologists and numerous other medical laboratory specialist societies, is a powerful tool for the management of medical laboratories. This article describes the system and its implementation.
mesh_terms: D004526:Efficiency; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods