LO1 Laboratory management: The importance of quality

Quality is the

Quality assurance is

All materials, equipment and procedures must be

SOPs stands for

• Standard ordering procedures

• Standard ordaining procedures

• Suitable operating procedures

• Standard operating procedures

The laboratory does not need:

• Well equipped

• Dust-free air-conditioned environment

• Someone must well equip to work in the laboratory

• A transmission electron microscope

Laboratory results must be

• Accurate

• Roughly correct

• Sometimes incorrect

Laboratories produce test results that are widely used in

A consequence of laboratory error on the patient:

• Hurt feelings of the laboratory technician or any family members

• Spreading of disease to others

• Injury or death of the bystanders

• Unnecessary treatment administered to the patient

• Delay in correct diagnosis for the patient's partner