[Microbiology laboratory as a base of information sending].
The goal of our microbiology laboratory is to provide an accurate microbiological result and a useful information for every healthcare workers (HCWs). For this purpose, we were trying to do several activities, such as improving the work-flow of microbiology testings, starting 365-day-open microbiology tests, providing some training courses of microbiology and sending many useful informations about infectious diseases and infection control. Before these activities, we needed another 5 microbiology technicians beside 3 technicians and had started the program to educate them. We have successfully finished it and enabled all plans begin in April, 2005. Since then we are open for 365 days and also sending HCWs many newsletters for performing effective microbiological testings via the intra-network system and having lectures for both doctors and nurses, especially for new resident doctors at the orientation. We had also the training course for certified infection control nurses and accepted two technicians from Africa, who came to study a basic microbiology via JICA. These activities have enabled every technician not only to report and analyze microbiological test result effectively but also to improve writing and presentation skills. Through these activities all technicians have realized that accurate and rapid information from a microbiology laboratory is a key to treat patients with infectious diseases and improve their prognosis. It is suggested that skill-up of technicians lead to report an accurate result in microbiology and at the same time improve the attitude for their job.
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
Toshiaki
T
Komori
Naohisa
N
Fujita
Yuri
Y
Hirose
Takeshi
T
Kimura
Noriko
N
Kyotani
Satoko
S
Kurahashi
Yukiji
Y
Yamada
Masaji
M
Ushiyama
Towa
T
Yasumoto
Soh-ichi
S
Yuasa
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