TY - JOUR
T1 - Adoption of lean principles in a high-volume molecular diagnostic microbiology laboratory
AU - Mitchell, P. Shawn
AU - Mandrekar, Jayawant N.
AU - Yao, Joseph D.C.
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - Clinical laboratories are constantly facing challenges to do more with less, enhance quality, improve test turnaround time, and reduce operational expenses. Experience with adopting and applying lean concepts and tools used extensively in the manufacturing industry is described for a high-volume clinical molecular microbiology laboratory, illustrating how operational success and benefits can be achieved.
AB - Clinical laboratories are constantly facing challenges to do more with less, enhance quality, improve test turnaround time, and reduce operational expenses. Experience with adopting and applying lean concepts and tools used extensively in the manufacturing industry is described for a high-volume clinical molecular microbiology laboratory, illustrating how operational success and benefits can be achieved.
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U2 - 10.1128/JCM.00430-14
DO - 10.1128/JCM.00430-14
M3 - Article
C2 - 24829247
AN - SCOPUS:84903758700
SN - 0095-1137
VL - 52
SP - 2689
EP - 2693
JO - Journal of clinical microbiology
JF - Journal of clinical microbiology
IS - 7
ER -