Plan, do, check, and act. When a problem emerges in the laboratory, it’s not enough to just respond and move on. You also need to find out what caused it and how to prevent it from happening again. Without closing the loop, the safety problem will linger in your lab until it’s noticed by...
In this guest column, Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, laboratory safety officer for multihospital system Sentara Healthcare in Virginia, and otherwise known as “Dan, the Lab Safety Man,” discusses the important issues that affect your job every day. Today he discussed lab exposure.
Hospitals are constantly grappling with the dangers of drug diversion, as illustrated by a $2 million settlement between Cheshire Medical Center and federal authorities, among many other cases.
In healthcare, if it’s not documented, it’s not done—including lab safety. If you want to cover all the safety steps and be able to prove that those steps were taken, providing lab staff with easy and effective ways to complete documentation is essential. As more recordkeeping becomes digital...
