Lean six sigma methodologies improve clinical laboratory efficiency and reduce turnaround times

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İnal T. C., Ozturk O. G., Kibar F., Cetıner S., Matyar S., Daglıoglu G., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL LABORATORY ANALYSIS, cilt.32, sa.1, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/jcla.22180
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL LABORATORY ANALYSIS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: medical error, pre-analytical, process flow, quality improvement, quality management, workflow, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, MICROBIOLOGY, PRINCIPLES, DEMAND
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

BackgroundOrganizing work flow is a major task of laboratory management. Recently, clinical laboratories have started to adopt methodologies such as Lean Six Sigma and some successful implementations have been reported. This study used Lean Six Sigma to simplify the laboratory work process and decrease the turnaround time by eliminating non-value-adding steps.