Management

Management

What are the advantages or disadvantages to the use of the "LEAN" process in the Microbiology Laboratory? Thank you for any insight you can provide.
(answered 11/14/2006)

Currently we are planing to make a cut off time for proscessing our specimen at 0600 pm so any specimem arrive after 0600 pm will be read with the follwing day specimen .Please let me know if that is okay.my staff issue that some of our plates might have some growth at 12 hrs & why they will be read the following day,but that is the only way to make the system work if we make a cut off point other wise we will be working a round the clock ,please help in making the desicion on this issue .
(answered 11/08/2006)

i graduated of labtechnician in other country and i got my u.s. equivalence now i would like to get a job here , i do not know if i need to get a licence and where?
(answered 11/07/2006)

Hello, I am interested in purchasing a CDC-rom or DVD showing how to properll collect specimens for culture - sputums, urines, nasopharyngeal swabs, etc...It one thing to read on how to collect, but it is another to see how to collect specimens. I hope someone knows where I can buy one. Thanks,Elisa
(answered 11/02/2006)

Are there any "benchmarks" for the number of cultures read by a technologist in an 8 hour shift? For example: Routine stools Respiratory cultures Wound Urines Anaerobes Positive Blood Is it reasonable to expect 1 tech on each of the following benches to read 225 wound cultures, 300 urines or 140 positive blood workups?
(answered 10/18/2006)

My name is Shuaib Uba Abba from Zamfara state, Nigeria. Pls. can you tell me how to get a standard Laboratory software for inputing and printing results of all departments suitable for west Africa ?
(answered 10/12/2006)

COLOR BLINDNESS in microbiology laboratory. Are there any recent guidelines or references for limitations on a technologist who is red/green color blind when working in a clinical microbiology laboratory.
(answered 08/23/2006)

ARE THERE ANY BENCHMARKS (AND REFERENCES) FOR THE AMOUNT OF CULTURES/FTE IN MICROBIOLOGY.ALSO THE PERCENTAGE OF ERRORS/FTE OR TECH?
(answered 06/06/2006)

IN THE LAB, LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGISTS HAVE DIFFERENT LICENSURES THROUGH THE STATE BASED ON THE LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND COMPLEXITY OF TESTING PERFORMED. WHAT COMPLEXITY WOULD SETTING UP VITEK FOR ID AND SENSITIVITIES BE? COULD A LAB TECH PERFORM THIS WORK OR SHOULD IT BE THE MED TECH?
(answered 05/03/2006)

When doing MRSA surveillance cultures should we be charging for the test or do it for free which is what our infection control department would like to see?
(answered 02/07/2006)

Are there guidelines for the space required for a modern microbiology laboratory, for a hospital of ~750 beds?
(answered 01/23/2006)

I need to evaluate our work load, are there any guidelines?
(answered 08/25/2005)

Can someone give me references that will address how to determine Productivity and staffing issues? How does one measure these two topics?
(answered 08/25/2005)

We are being asked to place our Microbiology Procedures into CLSI Laboratory Technical Procedures Manuals; Approved Guideline - Fourth Edition GP2-A4, which includes a strange new phenomenon the if..........then...........scenario. Page 26 of the guide shows a sample urine procedure with the following: if there is then no growth reinc, enter prelim orgs 1-3 follow instr appd 1 iD/susc orgs 4 or > report as..... This is a brief piece of the chart. This example was submitted by the Microbiology Technical Work Group, Sutter Health Laboratory Integration Project, Sacramento, CA. Do you know of anyone in the United States that has placed their Microbiology Procedures into this if...then.... format? If not, why not? Where did the If....... then....... format arise? I have heard a rumor that our entire hospital is to go to this new and more intuitive way to write procedures. Thank you, Janine Sanford SM(ASCP), part-time at Children's Medical Center Dallas
(answered 08/24/2005)

We currently bill CPT code 87081 for BSA and MSA screening plates in addition to 87070 for CF sputum cultures. We also include BSA and MSA plates on Quant. bronchial cultures on CF patients. When we attempted to bill CPT code 87081 for these screening plates in addition to 87071 (quant. culture), we received a denial. We added the -59 modifier to these 87081 codes. Are we coding correctly?
(answered 07/26/2005)

How do i determine if staffing levels are appropiate for my clinical microbiology lab?
(answered 07/06/2005)

How do I determine if staffing is adequate in my clinical microbiology lab?
(answered 07/06/2005)

What qualifications does an MLT have to have to work unsupervised in a Microbiology Lab?
(answered 06/15/2005)

We need to know if a MLT can work unsupervised in a Microbiology Lab without followup within 24 hours by a MT or supervisor?
(answered 06/15/2005)

How do you download procedure manual for clinical microbiology specimens from your website?
(answered 02/25/2005)

Are there productivity standards available for Microbiology technologists? There is reference to a survey that was in progress to address this issue. Are there results available from this survey?
(answered 08/02/2004)

My question has to do with the educational and certification requirements that qualify someone to be able to read gram stains. Our evening staff has recently hired someone who has a B.S. in Biology that they would like us to train to read gram stains. Under CLIA guidelines is this person qualified to read gram stains?
(answered 07/28/2004)

With the exception of GC screens, we do not hold most of our cultures a full 48 hours. Urines plated before 3pm are finalized the next day if sterile or contaminated. Campylobacter plates are also not held a full 48 hours as well as most wounds, fluids and respiratory specimens. Is this considered less than good patient care?
(answered 05/06/2004)

In our hospital, PPD's are administered by the Microbiology staff and then read by the patient's nurse. Is there any stipulation as to who is qualified to administer a PPD? We are under the impression that lab technologists or phlebotomists may not have the licensing or competency evaluations needed to give "injectables". Please comment.
(answered 11/13/2003)

What is the average salary for a clinical microbiologist with an advanced degree ? I'm interested in a career in the field and would like to know starting and median salaries, and a job description please.
(answered 10/31/2003)

What is a good reference for validation requirements for microbiology instruments?
(answered 10/22/2003)

Does the American Society For Microbiology or other responsible agencies have guidelines to help the clinical microbiologist "blow the whistle" on an employer-corporation which is involved in fraudulent practices?
(answered 02/26/2003)

I am wondering if there are any benchmarks available for clinical microbiologists that would provide insight into the number of cultures a bench technologist can "comfortably" review in a day's shift without sacrificing accuracy. In other words, is there a limit similar to that of a cytologist at which point additional help (man-power) is necessary? We are in need of adding additional help in our microbiology department and our administrators are impressed with benchmarks but I haven't seen anything for micro in the journals lately. Please let me know if you are aware of anything.
(answered 02/21/2003)

Are there any workload volume guidelines for Microbiology laboratories/personnel? I know that there are Federal and State regulations, designed to ensure the reliability of Pap smear screenings, i.e., restrictions on the number of smears which may be read. The CAP discontinued its workload units in 1992.
(answered 02/21/2003)

Workload Recording. Has Division C made recommendations for a standardized approach for measuring microbiology workload? Is there a recommended workload to employee ratio?
(answered 02/21/2003)

I would like to resume getting Div C e-mail. How do I get back on the list? In December I asked to be unsubscribed because I was going on a long vacation. Now I want to see Div C e-mail again.
(answered 01/21/2003)

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