The ASCLS Patient Safety Committee encourages all ASCLS members to join this new community. Laboratory professionals must strive to be key advocates for patient safety and healthcare quality in all that they do.New blog topics available:Advocate Excellence – Two Simple Ways to Improve Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases (read blog)Advocate Excellence – First, Do No Harm: Calculating Health Care Waste (read blog)Advocate Excellence – Critical Roles of Clinical Leaders in Care Transformation (read blog)Advocate Excellence – Transitioning the Lab from a Clinical Partner to a Business Partner (read blog)Advocate Excellence – Hemoglobin A1c Updated Clinical Guidelines Non-Pregnant Adults with Type 2 Diabetes (read blog)Advocate Excellence – Digoxin Associated with Higher Mortality in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation (read blog)Advocate Excellence – "War Gaming" for Patient Safety (read blog)Advocate Excellence – Six Opportunities to Improve Patient Safety (read blog)New Library – Patient Safety & Healthcare Quality Resources:The ASCLS Patient Safety Committee has just begun to develop our community's resource library. Our goal is to have as many references and resources as possible in one location. The first two quick access documents that are now available:
ASCLS Patient Safety & The Laboratory – Educational Blog Articles written for Lab Testing Matters (access document) ASCLS Patient Safety Brochures & Quick Access Links (access document)------------------------------
Lezlee Koch
ASCLS Patient Safety Committee
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