A chemistry department in transition. How we became a reference laboratory.
By analyzing the arrival times of specimens and reorganizing laboratory instruments to accommodate a higher volume of tests, the author's chemistry department was able to profit from the additional reference testing it was able to handle.
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Swedish American Hospital, Rockford, IL, USA.
D003625:Data Collection; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D007087:Illinois; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D012016:Reference Values; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D016526:Workload