Chapter 4: Workflow Data Collection & Workflow Analysis Flashcards
It refers to all the activities that take place before testing, such as test ordering and sample collection.
Pre-analysis
It refers to all the activities that take place before testing, such as test ordering and sample collection.
Analysis stage
It comprises patient reporting and result interpretation.
Post-analysis
Steps in the testing process can be generally categorized according to;
- Testing phase
- Roles and responsibility
- Laboratory technology
It helps to analyze how many additional “tube related” tasks have to done.
Tube analysis
It includes sorting and centrifuging; aliquoting; racking, unracking, loading, and unloading samples on analyzers; retrieving tubes for add-on tests; performing manual dilutions or reruns (depending on instrument); and storing tubes.
Tube labor
- Where, when, and how the work is performed
- All manual or semiautomated chemistry tests may be grouped into a workstation
Workstation analysis
It is done once or twice a week only. It requires considerable equipment training and labor input it is better to send it to a reference laboratory.
Laboratory test offered
Test menu
Fixed number of samples with scheduled day and time of test run.
Batch Sample (Routine Sample)
Facilitated by load balancing; distributes the work evenly among the analyzer and spreads testing over a longer period.
Continuous Sample Processing (Mixed Sample)
It can be applied to any segment of a laboratory’s workflow, whether technical or clerical. It should be an ongoing activity and should also be undertaken whenever one contemplates adding a workstation, test, new technology, or any significant change to a laboratory process.
- Review of details in specimen handling step
- Decision-making
- Activity allocation
Task mapping
It is powerful tool for us to have interferences that can be drawn about more efficient processing and testing.
Workflow modelling
System in which air pressure transports tubes carrying supplies, requisitions, or some lab specimens from one hospital unit or department to another.
Pneumatic Tube System
It creates larger sample batches or runs; this improves testing efficiency in that fixed quality control and calibration costs are distributed over more sample.
lowers per-unit costs
Consolidation
It is a gradual process that can take several years to complete.
Standardization
