CEO SUMMARY: Seeking to improve turnaround time for stat lab tests, the laboratory at Sarasota Memorial Health Care System identified high rates of hemolysis as the chief reason for less than ideal TAT. Because 32% of blood draws were handled by the labās phlebotomy staff while 68% of blood draws were performed by nurses and […]
Sarasota Hospital Lab Reduces Number of Hemolyzed Specimens
Lean improvement project saves $3.5 million
- By Joseph Burns
- > From the Volume XIX No. 7 - May 14, 2012 Issue
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