title: Lean laboratories: laboratory medicine needs to learn from other industries how to deliver more for less.
authors.affiliation: Southwest Pathology Service, Taunton, UK. simon.knowles@nhs.net
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Knowles
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Barnes
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000191:economics*; D017046:Cost Savings; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D007753:Laboratories / Q000191:economics*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care
keywords: Diagnostics; Laboratory Management; Management