title: IQLM and CLMA take a snapshot of America's hospital laboratory quality management.
abstract: CLMA volunteered to conduct an online pilot survey of its membership to help the Institute for Quality in Laboratory Medicine (IQLM) determine quality management activities in laboratories. Among the hospital-based members who were surveyed, approximately 25 percent responded. The data they volunteered provide a snapshot of the current state of laboratory quality management. The pilot survey is part of a larger IQLM plan to develop networks of laboratories to monitor and evaluate laboratory practices and services to enhance laboratory medicine. This pilot survey will be used by IQLM as a model to establish quality and patient safety networks, applicable to laboratories of all sizes and types. Performance comparisons and best practices may then be shared to reduce laboratory errors and improve patient safety.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gayken
authors.forename: Michael
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authors.lastname: Noble
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Paul
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authors.lastname: Epner
authors.forename: Charles
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authors.lastname: Fenstermaker
authors.forename: Shahram
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authors.lastname: Shahangian
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bruns
authors.forename: Nancy
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authors.lastname: Elder
authors.forename: Barbara
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authors.lastname: Goldsmith
authors.forename: Jennifer
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authors.lastname: McGeary
authors.forename: Barbara
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authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Margaret
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authors.lastname: Piper
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sundwall
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States