Quality Management System Flashcards
most widely used approach to quality improvement in the healthcare
PDCA cycle
PDCA meaning
Plan
Do
Check
Act
provides both a management philosophy or organizational development and a management process for improvement of quality in all aspects of work
Total Quality Mangement (TQM)
establish measures for performance or monitoring
quality planning (QP)
how all aspects of work are done
Quality Laboratory Process (QLP)
statistical control procedures
quality control (QC)
broader measures of laboratory performance
quality assessment (QA)
structured problem-solving pricess
quality improvement (QI)
to reduce the frequency of test errors or the number of DPMOs (defects per million opportunities)
six sigma
Six Sigma: DMAIC meaning
Define
Measure
Analyze
Improve
Control
to reduce waste
to improve TAT
lean
Lean:
wastes DOWNTIME meaning
defects
overproduction
waiting
non-utilized talent
transport
inventory
motion
excess processing
understands the basics of L-6S
yellow belt
team members who contribute 20% of their time
green belt
team leaders who dedicate 100% of their time
black belt
black belt w/ at least two years of experience; L-6S advisers/coach
master
process by which the laboratory ensures the laboratory ensures quality results by closely monitoring pre-analytical, analytical, post-analytical phases of testing
QA
inappropriate test requested
Pre-analytical
handwriting not eligible
Pre-analytical