Articles tagged with laboratory management.
What a standard operating procedure is, why the microbiology laboratory runs on SOPs, and a step-by-step guide to writing a clear, usable SOP with the sections it must contain.
The requisition form is how a clinician talks to the microbiology laboratory. What each field means, what a blank field costs, and why filling it completely changes the diagnosis.
How a microbiology laboratory is laid out, the unidirectional clean-to-dirty workflow, zoning, biosafety cabinet placement, and the design principles that keep work safe and contam...
How each step of the microbiology workflow is automated, from media preparation to identification and susceptibility, and where standalone instruments end and full integration begi...
What it takes to run a microbiology laboratory, the facility, workflow from specimen to report, safety, equipment, and the quality system that governs it all, with a guide to each...
What laboratory accreditation is, how it differs from certification, what ISO 15189 requires, and how a microbiology laboratory achieves and maintains accreditation through bodies...
