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Weaver, John. "Laboratory Staff Evaluation Process." Journal of the IEST 56, no. 2 (October 1, 2013): 68–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.17764/jiet.56.2.46512m9447t62x13.

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Objectively evaluating laboratory staff is a very difficult task. Variations in supported equipment, student performance, and process sensitivity prevent the use of direct, objective criteria in employee performance measurement. These factors are multiplied in research facilities, where equipment uptime and process performance measurements are not easily determined. Supervisors, therefore, must apply more subjective techniques in staff evaluation, which often results in the perception of inequity. This paper presents a rigorous evaluation process that utilizes significant employee participation to address this issue of perceived inequity. The process utilizes five areas of evaluation: Goals and Accountability; Job Performance; Individual Characteristics; Aspirations and Assistance; and Employee Feedback. These areas, applied through an employee self-evaluation followed by direct interaction between employee and supervisor, serve as discussion points as well as a means of performance documentation. While still primarily subjective in nature, the process significantly reduces any perception of unfairness and allows the employee to document issues for future reference. Introduced six years ago at the Birck Nanotechnology Center at Purdue University, the process has undergone numerous tweaks and enhancements leading to the version documented in this paper.
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Prajapati, Suneel, and Sukhminder Kaur. "Safety Recommendations for Forensic Laboratory Staff During COVID-19 Pandemic." Academic Forensic Pathology 11, no. 2 (June 2021): 94–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/19253621211024396.

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In the 21st century, the crime rate and viral infectious diseases are on peak and seems to be the real enemies of humanity. Forensic science and its various branches especially biology have a key role in modern-day justice. Forensic scientists and laboratory staffs are of great significance for elucidating the biological exhibits and generating the biological evidence which are required for criminal justice. Owing to the profession and like other medical health workers, forensic laboratory staffs are also at a greater risk in the era of COVID-19. Therefore, the safety of forensic laboratory staff is of utmost importance during this pandemic. The article emphasizes on the safety guidelines and regulations that need to be adopted by the forensic staff in connection with daily laboratory practices. Thus, the article may offer a reference or help one to implement COVID-19 advisory to forensic scientists and other laboratory staff working in forensic institutions and laboratories during the current pandemic.
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Jignesh Sharma and Richard D. Nair. "COVID-19 related challenges faced by Medical Laboratory Staff: A Review of Literature." World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews 12, no. 2 (November 30, 2021): 232–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2021.12.2.0589.

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Laboratory testing on the confirmation of COVID-19 results is an essential component and without the expertise of trained laboratory technicians this is not possible. The aim of this study was to review the impacts of COVID-19 on medical laboratory staff. The literature search was done using Medline, Embase, Scopus, and Proquest databases, and relevant keywords were applied to find studies which have been conducted in the field of Medical Laboratory Science specifically looking at the impacts on staff caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. All the studies pertaining to the topic published in 2020 and 2021 in English language were reviewed and the main themes were identified. The results showed that impacts of COVID-19 were felt by the staff, as they were pushed to their limits causing stress and burnout. Apart from this laboratory staff were faced with issues such as; shortage in terms of human resources, consumables, testing kits and reagents. This was an added factor to delays in testing and disruption to the testing Turnaround time (TATs) and also contributed to the stress and burnout of staff. Laboratory professionals and other health care staffs were pushed to the limits to ensure patient care was not affected and each patient was attended too without delay. Laboratory personnel’s were pushed to their limits to ensure that test results were given on time.
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Štajdohar-Pađen, Olga. "Education and training of laboratory staff as a part of laboratory competence." Accreditation and Quality Assurance 13, no. 4-5 (January 8, 2008): 267–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00769-007-0352-8.

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Ianosi-Irimie, Monica, Sue-Ellen Tupper, Patricia Andrews, and Stanley W. Schofield. "Staff to Demand Reorganization in a Clinical Laboratory." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 138, suppl 2 (November 1, 2012): A229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/138.suppl2.148.

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Keck, Christoph, Robert Fischer, Vera Baukloh, and Michael Alper. "Staff management in the in vitro fertilization laboratory." Fertility and Sterility 84, no. 6 (December 2005): 1786–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.06.051.

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Campbell, C. K. "Hazards to laboratory staff posed by fungal pathogens." Journal of Hospital Infection 30 (June 1995): 358–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0195-6701(95)90039-x.

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Miletić, Slavica, Ana Milijić, Marko Trišić, Slađana Krstić, and Emina Požega. "Analysis of competent staff for the accreditation of laboratories using the AHP method." Bakar 47, no. 2 (2022): 55–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/bakar2202055m.

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The competent and experienced staff is one of the criteria for assessment the technical competence of the laboratory. This paper presents the AHP analysis of competent and experienced laboratory accreditation staff. The following sub-criteria were analyzed: training SRPS ISO 17025:2017, training ISO 9001, training staff to work on a particular machine using a valid method, responsibility, impartiality, confidentiality, authority and interpersonal cooperation of the laboratory staff. The criterion for competent and experienced staff should meet all the requirements for the technical equipment of the laboratory to submit an application for accreditation.
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Novis, David A., Suzanne Nelson, Barbara J. Blond, Anthony J. Guidi, Michael L. Talbert, Pamela Mix, and Peter L. Perrotta. "Laboratory Staff Turnover: A College of American Pathologists Q-Probes Study of 23 Clinical Laboratories." Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 144, no. 3 (July 17, 2019): 350–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.5858/arpa.2019-0140-cp.

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Context.— Knowledge of laboratory staff turnover rates are important to laboratory medical directors and hospital administrators who are responsible for ensuring adequate staffing of their clinical laboratories. The current turnover rates for laboratory employees are unknown. Objective.— To determine the 3-year average employee turnover rates for clinical laboratory staff and to survey the types of institutional human resource practices that may be associated with lower turnover rates. Design.— We collected data from participating laboratories spanning a 3-year period of 2015–2017, which included the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff members that their laboratories employed in several personnel and departmental categories, and the number of laboratory staff FTEs who vacated each of those categories that institutions intended to refill. We calculated the 3-year average turnover rates for all laboratory employees, for several personnel categories, and for major laboratory departmental categories, and assessed the potential associations between 3-year average all laboratory staff turnover rates with institutional human resource practices. Results.— A total of 23 (20 US and 3 international) participating institutions were included in the analysis. Among the 21 participants providing adequate turnover data, the median of the 3-year average turnover rate for all laboratory staff was 16.2%. Among personnel categories, ancillary staff had the lowest median (11.1% among 21 institutions) and phlebotomist staff had the highest median (24.9% among 20 institutions) of the 3-year average turnover rates. Among laboratory departments, microbiology had the lowest median (7.8% among 18 institutions) and anatomic pathology had the highest median (14.3% among 14 institutions) of the 3-year average turnover rates. Laboratories that developed and communicated clear career paths to their employees and that funded external laboratory continuing education activities had significantly lower 3-year average turnover rates than laboratories that did not implement these strategies. Conclusions.— Laboratory staff turnover rates among institutions varied widely. Two human resource practices were associated with lower laboratory staff turnover rates.
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Hurliman, Shannon K., and Kristin Paston. "Code Labs: Expediting Laboratory Test Results During a Code." Critical Care Nurse 31, no. 5 (October 1, 2011): 30–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.4037/ccn2011789.

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Background Knowing a patient’s “laboratory picture” is crucial in any code blue situation. Having no streamlined method for collecting and processing laboratory specimens during codes leads to staff frustration and critical delays in patient care. Objective To simplify collection and testing of laboratory specimens during codes. Methods Staff nurses led an initiative through which (1) code laboratory tests were placed in a computerized order set, thereby simplifying ordering; (2) prepackaged bags of supplies for the new order set were placed in each code cart; (3) the laboratory department supervisor began carrying a code pager to ensure that laboratory staff are prepared for incoming “code labs”; (4) a protocol was created for laboratory staff to follow after receiving code labs; and (5) processes were developed for units that are not integrated in the organization’s electronic ordering system. Results The mean turnaround time (the time from when laboratory tests are ordered to when results are posted) was reduced from 52.0 minutes to 31.3 minutes (P = .002). Laboratory staff improved their processing time (the time from when specimens are received by laboratory staff to when results are posted) from 34.9 minutes to 21.5 minutes (P = .01). Survey responses indicated that staff across disciplines were significantly more satisfied with the new process. Conclusions Because the changes are basic, they can be implemented easily in any hospital setting to improve turnaround time for laboratory tests during codes.
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Gxoyiya, Nandipha Tinny. "The development of a stress management model for staff at the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS)." Thesis, Port Elizabeth Technikon, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/223.

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The research problem addressed in this study, was to identify strategies that could be employed to reduce stress related problems in the workplace. As the business environment is increasingly subjected to fast changing forces which include increased competition, the pressure for quality and advanced technology, innovation, and an increase in the pace of doing business, the demands on employees have grown equally dramatically. It is therefore essential to develop strategies for managing stress to give employees the required additional energy to handle particularly difficult and stressful work situations. It is important that organisations provide the assistance and support on the issue of stress as part of their proactive approach to managing employee health and safety, by drawing up contingency plans, and to have the necessary infrastructure to deal with such problems. This study investigates the strategies that can be implemented in organisations to reduce stressful situations affecting employees. The information gleaned from the literature and empirical studies enabled the development of a model for stress management in the workplace.
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Shihub, T. A. "An investigation of the attitudes of laboratory staff to the establishment of accredited laboratories in the Libyan chemical and petrochemical industries." Thesis, University of Salford, 2009. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/14922/.

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Accreditation of laboratories has been a subject of considerable interest because product quality guarantee has become one of the prime factors to be considered in the present time of highly competitive industrial activity. Accreditation is still a new issue for the laboratories in Libya. These laboratories need to establish a new strategy on accreditation focusing on the difficulties and barriers of implementation. The main aim of this research is to identify the attitudes of laboratory staff towards factors related to the establishment of accredited laboratories' in the Libyan Chemical and Petrochemical Industries. A total of 400 questionnaires were sent to laboratories within the Libyan chemicals and petrochemicals industries sector. 350 usable questionnaires out of the 400 were returned, thus giving a response rate of 87.50/0. The analysis led to the development of critical success factors to establish laboratories' accreditation by comprising 72 factors into 28 factors arranged in six categories: technical, management, culture, communication, quality and training, which affects laboratories' accreditation. This research identifies that the following are considered the main factors that affect the establishment of accreditation: Root causes of problems, Sampling procedure, Calibration of reference standards, Quality of equipment and resources, time and resources to do the job, Physical conditions at work, Quality of technical records, Quality is more important than volume of sales, Uncertainty of measurements, Security of records ,Happy to work in the laboratory, Periodic internal audits, Reports include information requested by client, Regular and effectiveness of meetings, Commitment to excellent customer services and continuous quality improvement, Loyalty and respect towards employees, Communication process, training, Staff involvement in the improvement process and, Clarity of job description The findings from this study wi II provide scholars, consultants and managers with valuable information on how to deal with laboratories accreditation issues.
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Teixeira, Vânia Maria Fernandes. "Citotécnico: análise do processo de trabalho em laboratórios de citopatologia e anatomopatologia no Estado do Rio de Janeiro." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2015. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=8953.

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Trata-se de um estudo sobre o processo de trabalho dos citotécnicos que atuam em laboratórios de Anatomopatologia e Citopatologia no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, cujo objetivo geral é: analisar a percepção dos citotécnicos sobre as competências necessárias à execução de sua atividade laboral; e específicos: (1) descrever a atividade laboral do citotécnico; (2) identificar o modo de produção da atividade por meio das inter-relações de trabalho; (3) conhecer e compreender as implicações do trabalho do citotécnico nas ações de controle do câncer. A investigação foi de abordagem qualitativa, de natureza descritiva e social, realizada em três laboratórios de Anatomopatologia e Citopatologia no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, com a participação de 33 citotécnicos. Os dados foram obtidos pela técnica de entrevista semiestruturada, aplicação de questionário, e grupo focal, no período de janeiro a agosto de 2014, e analisados com base na Análise de Conteúdo de Bardin, tendo como unidade de registro o tema. Os resultados revelaram: dos 33 citotécnicos, 73% são do sexo feminino; 34% estão distribuídos em igual percentual para as faixas etárias entre 41 a 50 anos e 51 a 60 anos. Com relação à variável do grau de escolaridade, 43% possuem especialização e 24% concluíram o curso superior. Em relação ao cargo exercido, 73% atuam como citotécnicos e 70% são funcionários públicos. O trabalho do citotécnico tem especificidade única desse trabalhador de nível técnico, que é a realização da primeira análise do exame citopatológico, com ações articuladas e complementares de natureza técnica, de gestão, e educativas vinculadas à equipe, com ênfase nos princípios de prevenção e promoção da saúde. Por meio da escala de avaliação do contexto de trabalho, foram avaliadas as condições físicas, materiais e organizacionais do processo de trabalho. O quesito clareza, na definição das tarefas, foi o maior valorado com 4,7% de média, seguido das relações socioprofissionais com média de 4,0%. Os resultados da análise de conteúdo revelaram: na trajetória da atividade laboral, emergiram quatro categorias associadas à motivação e ao ingresso na ocupação por pessoas de referência na formação, acesso ao mercado de trabalho, busca pelo aperfeiçoamento profissional e aprendizagem prática no trabalho; no conceito de modo de produção, emergiram cinco categorias: responsabilidade de salvar vidas, crítica em relação ao próprio trabalho com qualidade, características físicas, atividades distintas do citotécnico e do histotécnico, visão do trabalho com otimismo; nas condições de trabalho, emergiram quatro categorias: trabalho em equipe e responsabilidade individual, ambiguidade em relação à autonomia, precarização do trabalho, esperança no reconhecimento da profissão. O trabalho do citotécnico é uma ocupação fracamente regulamentada, que se caracteriza por ausência de perfil profissional específico compatível com o escopo de prática real observada no trabalho levando a condições de trabalho precário. O reconhecimento ocorre entre os próprios trabalhadores que se valorizam por serem responsáveis pela promoção da saúde tornando seu trabalho socialmente útil.
This study examines the work processes of cytotechnicians employed in Anatomic Pathology and Cytopathology laboratories in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, whose general purpose is: to analyze perceptions among cytotechnicians of the skills needed to perform their jobs; and more specifically: (1) to describe the work activities of cytotechnicians; (2) to identify activity production modes through workplace relationships; and (3) to explore and understand the implications of the work of cytotechnicians on cancer control actions. Conducted at three Anatomic Pathology and Cytopathology laboratories in Rio de Janeiro State, this qualitative, descriptive and social research project involved 33 cytotechnicians. Obtained between January and August 2014 through semi-structured interviews, questionnaires and focus groups, the data were subsequently analyzed through the Bardin Content Analysis technique, with the theme constituting the record unit. The findings showed that 73% of these 33 cytotechnicians were women and 34% were split equally between two age brackets: 41  50 years old and 51  60 years old. For the education variable, 43% held specialty qualifications and 24% were university graduates. In terms of their positions, 73% worked as cytotechnicians while 70% were civil servants. The work of the cytotechnician has a specific characteristic that is unique to these technical level employees: they handle the initial analyses of cytopathologic tests through tight-knit team-based complementary actions involving technical, administrative and educational aspects, grounded on health promotion and disease prevention principles. The physical, material and organizational conditions of their work processes were assessed on a work-place rating scale. The issue of task definition clarity ranked highest with a 4.7% mean score, followed by social and professional relationships at a 4.0% mean score. The Content Analysis findings showed that four categories appeared for their work-place activities, associated with: motivation and career choices steered by persons of influence while studying; access to the job market; quest for professional enhancement; and on-the-job training using a hands-on approach. The production mode concept gave rise to five categories: responsibility for saving lives; criticism of their own work and quality; physical characteristics; activities specific to cytotechnicians and histotechnicians; and positive views of their jobs. Their working conditions resulted in four categories: teamwork and individual responsibilities; ambiguity about autonomy; weak job security; and hope for better professional acknowledgment. The work of cytotechnicians is covered by lax labor regulations, undermining the presence of a specific professional profile compatible with the scope of their actual job routines as observed and resulting in poor working conditions. They affirm they see themselves as buttressing health promotion, appreciatively aware that their work is useful to society.
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Ispir, Mustafa Erdem. "A Laboratory Study Of Anisotropy In Engineering Properties Of Ankara Clay." Master's thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613779/index.pdf.

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Anisotropy in engineering properties of soils occurs due to the depositional process forming the soil fabric and/or different directional stresses in soil history. This study investigates the anisotropy in undrained shear strength and drained compressibility of preconsolidated, stiff and fissured Ankara Clay. The compressibility behavior is determined using standard oedometer testing while the shear strength anisotropy is investigated through large diameter unconsolidated-undrained triaxial testing on undisturbed samples taken in vertical and horizontal directions from several deep excavation sites along the Konya Road in Ç
ukurambar-Balgat Area, Ankara. According to the results achieved, Ankara Clay is slightly anisotropic in compressibility, with an anisotropy ratio between 0.72 and 1.17 in terms of coefficient of volume compressibility for several pressure ranges between 50 kPa and 1600 kPa. On the other hand, while a slight anisotropy in undrained shear strength at a ratio ranging between 0.87 and 1.19 in terms of deviator stress can be observed in Ankara Clay, considering the great variation in the test results of samples in same direction which mostly overlaps with the range of results obtained in the other direction, it has been concluded that the Ankara Clay located in this area can be regarded as isotropic in terms of shear strength for practical purposes.
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Forsyth, Rowena Public Health &amp Community Medicine Faculty of Medicine UNSW. "Tricky technology, troubled tribes: a video ethnographic study of the impact of information technology on health care professionals??? practices and relationships." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Public Health and Community Medicine, 2006. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/30175.

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Whilst technology use has always been a part of the practice of health care delivery, more recently, information technology has been applied to aspects of clinical work concerned with documentation. This thesis presents an analysis of the ways that two professional groups, one clinical and one ancillary, at a single hospital cooperatively engage in a work practice that has recently been computerised. It investigates the way that a clinical group???s approach to and actual use of the system creates problems for the ancillary group. It understands these problems to arise from the contrasting ways that the groups position their use of documentation technology in their local definitions of professional status. The data on which analysis of these practices is based includes 16 hours of video recordings of the work practices of the two groups as they engage with the technology in their local work settings as well as video recordings of a reflexive viewing session conducted with participants from the ancillary group. Also included in the analysis are observational field notes, interviews and documentary analysis. The analysis aimed to produce a set of themes grounded in the specifics of the data, and drew on TLSTranscription?? software for the management and classification of video data. This thesis seeks to contribute to three research fields: health informatics, sociology of professions and social science research methodology. In terms of health informatics, this thesis argues for the necessity for health care information technology design to understand and incorporate the work practices of all professional groups who will be involved in using the technology system or whose work will be affected by its introduction. In terms of the sociology of professions, this thesis finds doctors and scientists to belong to two distinct occupational communities that each utilise documentation technology to different extents in their displays of professional competence. Thirdly, in terms of social science research methodology, this thesis speculates about the possibility for viewing the engagement of the groups with the research process as indicative of their reactions to future sources of outside perturbance to their work.
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Castellanos, Bernardo Antonio. "Use and Measurement of Fully Softened Shear Strength." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/56631.

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The fully softened shear strength was defined by Skempton (1970) as the peak drained shear strength of a clay in a normally consolidated state. All the experience available on the applicability of the fully softened shear strength for slopes is based on back-analyses. Back-analyses of first-time failures in cuts in stiff-fissured clays and embankments constructed of fat clays have shown that, over a long period of time, the shear strength gets reduced from what is measured in the laboratory using undisturbed samples to the fully softened shear strength. These back-analyses require knowledge or assumption of pore pressures in the slope, which will have a significant influence on the shear strength obtained. Karl Terzaghi, in 1936, was the first person that qualitatively explained the behavior of cut slopes in stiff-fissured clays. According to Terzaghi (1936), a softening process is initiated by the water percolating into the fissures causing swelling and decreasing the overall shear strength of the clay mass. Investigations presented later by Skempton and his colleagues showed that the controlling shear strength for cuts in stiff-fissured clays was equal to the fully softened shear strength and recommended this shear strength to be used for design (Skempton 1970; Chandler and Skempton 1974; Chandler 1974; Skempton 1977). Skempton (1977) concluded that displacements caused by progressive failure decrease the shear strength of stiff clays toward the fully softened shear strength. At first, it was believed that only stiff-fissured clays were subjected to softening and that intact clays should be designed using the peak shear strength measured using undisturbed samples (Skempton and Brown 1961; Skempton 1964, 1970). Recent publications have showed that the likelihood of a clay experiencing softening is more dependent on the plasticity of the clay rather than the fissures (Bjerrum 1967; Chandler 1984a; Mesri and Abdel-Ghaffar 1993). Fat clays, when compared to lean clays, tend to be more brittle. This means that fat clays have a more pronounced decrease in shear strength after the peak shear strength is achieved and for this reason are more susceptible to progressive failure. First-time failures in stiff clays usually occur a long period of time after construction. For this reason, steady state seepage was used in the back-analyses of the case histories presented by Skempton and his colleagues. They found that a pore pressure ratio of 0.3 was applicable to first-time failures in cuts in stiff-fissured clays (James 1970; Vaughan and Walbancke 1973; Chandler 1974; Skempton 1977). Investigations presented by Professor Steve Wright and his colleagues of the University of Texas at Austin showed, based on back-analyses, that the fully softened shear strength is also the controlling shear strength of compacted embankments constructed of highly plastic clays (Green and Wright 1986; Kayyal and Wright 1991; Wright 2005; Wright et al. 2007). Steve Wright and his colleagues concluded that weathering, expressed in cycles of wetting and drying, was the main mechanism decreasing the shear strength of compacted clay embankments toward the fully softened shear strength. Failures in this type of projects were found to be shallow (less than 10 ft deep) and to occur numerous years after construction (USACE 1983; Stauffer and Wright 1984; Kayyal and Wright 1991; Wright et al. 2007). A pore pressure ratio ranging from 0.4 to 0.6 was found to be applicable for the case histories analyzed by Wright and his colleagues. Day and Axten (1989) recommended the use of the infinite slope method with seepage parallel to the slope face for slope stability analyses. This same recommendation was presented by Lade (2010). A seepage parallel to the slope face corresponds to a pore pressure ratio ranging from 0.4 to 0.5 for slopes with ratios of 2H:1V to 5H:1V. Failures on compacted clay embankments related to softening have been reported in Texas (Stauffer and Wright 1984; Kayyal and Wright 1991; Wright 2005; Wright et al. 2007), and Mississippi (USACE 1983). According to McCook (2012), softening of this type of structures also occur in Louisiana To perform slope stability analyses using fully softened shear strength parameter, the type of soils, type of projects, and depths where this shear strength is applicable, and the pore pressures and factor of safety to be used in design should be determined. As stated above, the fully softened shear strength has been found to be the controlling shear strength of cuts in stiff clays and compacted embankments constructed of highly plastic clays. Steady state seepage conditions should be used to design cuts in stiff clays, and a pore pressure ratio ranging from 0.4 to 0.6 or a phreatic surface at the surface of the slope should be used to design compacted embankments made of fat clays. In cuts in stiff clays, both shallow and deep failures related to fully softened shear strength have been observed. For this type of project, the recommended methodology for design is to assign a curved fully softened failure envelope to the whole slope, search for the critical failure surface, and obtain the factor of safety. This approach will provide the correct factor of safety but the critical surface obtained might not be what is expected to occur in situ. Pore pressures corresponding to steady state seepage should be used for design. It should be emphasized that the recommendation to use fully softened shear strength in first-time failures in stiff clays is based on the back-analyses of case histories. Research is required to better understand progressive failure and its influence on the shear strength mobilized in situ. In compacted embankments constructed of fat clays, only shallow failures related to fully softened shear strength have been observed. For this type of projects, the recommended methodology for design is to assign a curved fully softened failure envelope to the whole embankment, search for the critical failure surface, and obtain the factor of safety. If for any reason deep failures are to be considered in designing compacted embankments constructed of fat clays, based on the fact that failures in this type of projects are usually shallow, the first 10 ft below the surface of the slope should be assumed to have a shear strength equal to the fully softened shear strength. Pore pressures should be calculated based on a water table coincident with the slope face. The fully softened shear strength should not be used in the foundation soil. If any softening occurred in the foundation soil, this should be reflected in the shear strength measured using undisturbed samples. Softening of the foundation soil is not expected to occur after the embankment is constructed. The consequences of shallow and a deep failures are usually not the same. For this reason, is reasonable that the same factor of safety should not be required for both cases. A shallow failure may be considered by some agencies solely as a maintenance issue. The factor of safety should be based on the uncertainties in the parameters being used for design and the consequences of failure of the structure (Duncan and Wright 2005). The parameters that have more impact on the factor of safety obtained for slope stability are shear strength and pore pressures. The fully softened shear strength is the lowest shear strength expected to be mobilized in first-time slides. This shear strength, coupled with a conservative assumption of pore pressure gives a low uncertainty in the parameters that have the most influence in the factor of safety. For shallow failures, the consequences of failure are very low. For this reason, if the fully softened shear strength is used, coupled with a water table corresponding to the worst case scenario possible, a factor of safety as low as 1.25 can be used. For deep failures, the consequences of failure will vary depending on the structure. The pore pressure for this type of analyses should be based on the worst seepage condition expected throughout the life of the project. In this case, for structures with low to mid consequences of failure, a factor of safety of 1.35 can be used. For structures with a high consequence of failure, a factor of safety of 1.50 can be used. These factors of safety are based on the recommendations presented by Duncan and Wright (2005) for factors of safety based on uncertainties in the parameters and consequences of failures. The fully softened shear strength should be measured using normally consolidated remolded specimens as recommended by Skempton (1977). Soil samples should be hydrated for two days using distilled or site-specific water. The soil sample should then be washed or pushed through a No. 40 (425 µm) sieve. To achieve the desired water content, the soil sample cab be air-dried or more water should be added. Water contents equal to or higher than the liquid limit should be used to prepare test specimens for fully softened shear strength measurements. The direct shear device is recommended for fully softened shear strength measurements. The Bromhead ring shear device does not provide accurate values of fully softened shear strength. The triaxial device requires more time and effort to measure the fully softened shear strength and provides about the same fully softened shear strength as the direct shear device. The fully softened shear strength failure envelope can be estimated using the correlation presented in Figure 6.59 for the parameters required for Equation 4.1. This correlation is only intended to be used in preliminary design or if better information is not available. Laboratory determination of fully softened shear strength is always recommended for final designs. If this is not possible, the confidence limits presented in Figure 6.59 should be used to determine the fully softened shear strength parameters.
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(9836108), Alison Smith. "Attitudes about health and safety among genetic engineering laboratory staff." Thesis, 1994. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Attitudes_about_health_and_safety_among_genetic_engineering_laboratory_staff/20380335.

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Since the description of the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) molecule (Watson, 1968) and the discovery of its importance as the building block of genetic material, scientific researchers have been developing ways to alter DNA in humans, plants, animals and microorganisms. This alteration is commonly known as genetic engineering. 

The sciences of biotechnology and molecular biology are based on the techniques of genetic engineering and have been developing since the late 1970s. The techniques, materials and equipment used in the laboratories of both disciplines are very similar. 

What started as theoretic research in the 1970s has now moved into the mainstream of applied science. Genetic engineering techniques are used to manufacture drugs, foods , beverages, improve plant crops, alter food -animal characteristics, develop vaccines and to improve disease resistance in plants and animals, among the many applications. 

In the city of Brisbane, Australia in 1993 there were more than fifty public and private research groups using these techniques. In 1983 there were fewer than ten such groups ( author, personal observation). This same sort of growth has been occurring in science -based organisations around the world (Sleigh, 1991). The Genetic Manipulation Advisory Committee (GMAC) (1991) reported that there were 72 organisations in Australia undertaking genetic engineering in 1283 different research projects as of June 30th, 1991. 

The techniques used in genetic engineering laboratories involve : 

- carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic chemicals - flammable, toxic and corrosive chemicals 

- electronic and high voltage equipment

- lasers 

- very high and very low temperatures (<-80 to >200 degree Celsius) 

- in vitro experimentation 

- in vivo experimentation (Innes, Gelfand, Snisky and Whitte 1990; Karam, Chao and Warr 1990). 


The literature shows that all of these techniques present potential hazards to laboratory staff. (see literature review) 


The challenge for Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) in institutions where genetic engineering research is conducted is to minimise the risk of the consequences of these hazards to staff. This can be done by developing an OH&S management programme that includes: induction, training, setting safety regulations, preparing safety manuals, monitoring compliance with regulations and ongoing health surveillance. 

OH&S managers must not only be cognisant of the hazards involved and their consequences, they must also gather data on the following: 

- What current knowledge staff have of hazards. - What perceptions staff have of the risks posed by each hazard. -What the staff expectations are about the consequence of hazard exposure. 

- How staff attitudes differ on their personal level of control of risk exposure. 

The researcher's background has been a combination of scientific research, scientific instrument marketing and recruitment of scientific staff. This has resulted in daily contact with staff in a wide variety of scientific organisations for the last fifteen years. 

During the course of this contact it has become more evident that, over time, there has been a growing divergence of attitudes to laboratory safety compliance enforcement between government and tertiary organisations and private industry. Private industry has been becoming increasingly strict, particularly in the enforcement of wearing protective clothing and restriction of laboratory access. There appears to have been a much slower change of attitude in government and tertiary facilities.    

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Oosthuizen, Jacques de Villiers. "An evaluation of the exposure of students and staff to formaldehyde vapour in the human anatomy laboratory of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Natal." Thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/2991.

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The aims of the study were to review the literature on the currently known adverse health effects of formaldehyde vapour exposure, to measure environmental formaldehyde levels before and after engineering controls were implemented, to measure symptoms of formaldehyde exposure when compared to non - exposed controls and to evaluate the effectiveness of engineering controls in reducing the symptoms associated with formaldehyde vapour exposure in anatomy students at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Natal. Pre and post intervention environmental monitoring surveys were conducted over the period July 1993 to September 1995 in the aforementioned Human Anatomy Laboratory using passive diffusion badges which were then analyzed by an approved laboratory in Johannesburg. Ambient air temperature, humidity and ventilation rates were measured simultaneously using appropriate instruments. Self-administered questionnaires, relating to the symptoms of exposure to formaldehyde vapours, were obtained from all anatomy students over a two year period before or after as well as during their exposure to the laboratory environment, as well as from all exposed staff members (including their control group). Nasal epithelial scrapings of staff members and a control group were subjected to cytological examination by the Cytology Department of the Provincial Pathology service, at the pre - intervention phase. The environmental monitoring data of 1993 and 1994 indicated that the ambient levels of formaldehyde vapour exceeded the American (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value (TLV) and thus posed a potential health risk to students and staff, this was due to inadequate ventilation in the Human Anatomy Laboratory. An intervention in terms of ventilation controls was implemented and proved to be effective in reducing formaldehyde vapour levels and reported symptoms in the cohorts studied, comparing each group to themselves, however, the reported symptom levels did not drop significantly in the group exposed after the intervention compared to the group surveyed at the pre - intervention phase. Whether this reduction is sufficient to prevent long term health effects such as neoplasms and sensitization remains to be established. Hence it is recommended that alternative control methods should be considered.
Theses (M.Med.)-University of Natal, 1996.
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Aubert, E. J. Publications by the staff of the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, April 1974-March 1985. Ann Arbor, Mich: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Environmental Research Laboratories, Great Lakes Environmental Laboratory, 1985.

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Hospital accreditation program scoring guidelines: Pathology & medical laboratory services standards. Chicago, Ill: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, 1987.

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Nicholson, H. F. Abstracts of papers published by the staff of the Great Lakes Laboratory for fisheries and aquatic sciences 1968-1986. Burlington, Ont: Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 1988.

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Long, David F. Working round the clock: Measures of mental performance, mood and biochemical markers of stress following irregular extended working hours on hospital laboratory staff. [Guildford]: [University of Surrey], 1990.

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Security, Illinois Dept of Employment. Servicios en salud: Clínicas y residencias para convalecientes y ancianos. Springfield, Ill.]: Illinois Dept. of Employment Security, 2001.

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Illinois. Dept. of Employment Security. Health services: Hospitals & clinics. Springfield, Ill.]: Illinois Dept. of Employment Security, 2001.

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Zehnbauer, Barbara, and W. Andrew Faucett. Regulation of Laboratory Genetic Testing. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190604929.003.0002.

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Laboratory regulations provide rules to establish consistency and to evaluate performance. They also set out the qualifications and experience needed for laboratory staff to fulfill regulatory requirements and meet professional standards. Clinical genetic counselors play a significant role in determining which tests to offer patients, which laboratories to consider for testing, and which phenotypic information to provide to the clinical laboratory to improve the interpretation of test results. This chapter discusses laboratory regulations pertinent to the type of genetic testing offered and specimens received in the laboratory. The goal is to help the laboratory genetic counselor understand the regulatory oversight of genetic testing and the quality management of clinical laboratory operations.
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Rosenthal, Eric, and April L. Studinski Jones. The Laboratory Genetic Counselor as an Educator. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190604929.003.0014.

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The laboratory genetic counselor is commonly called upon to serve as an educational resource within the genetic testing laboratory. This chapter outlines this unique genetic counseling role. Laboratory genetic counselors provide education about genetic testing and genetic concepts within the laboratory to existing laboratory staff, new laboratory genetic counselor colleagues, formal educational program participants (genetic counselor interns, graduate students, medical students and residents, and laboratory fellows), and laboratory colleagues. They also use their skills and knowledge to educate client laboratories and clinicians. They may also participate in public and community forums.
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Balcom, Jessica R., Anne M. Bandholz, and Amy L. Swanson. Genetic Counselor Role in Laboratory Case Management. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190604929.003.0008.

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The laboratory genetic counselor plays an important role in case management. This chapter describes the various aspects of this role, such as improving patient care by preventing inappropriate testing, contributing to laboratory and clinical interpretation of test results, and communicating complex or unexpected results. The laboratory genetic counselor serves as a liaison between ordering providers and laboratory staff. Good communication is vital in this role to ensure understanding and appropriate patient care. The communication skills that the laboratory genetic counselor needs are detailed throughout the chapter.
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Tvorogova, M. G. Laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases. Edited by V. G. Akimkin. Central Research Institute for Epidemiology, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.36233/978-5-9900432-0-6.

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The book contains a detailed description of various laboratory tests used for the etiological diagnosis of diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa. The advantages and disadvantages of direct and indirect methods for determining more than 50 pathogens are noted, their diagnostic sensitivity and specificity are compared. Information about the choice of the optimal type of specimens and the time of its collection for testing will undoubtedly help the clinician to choose an effective algorithm for laboratory diagnosis of a certain infection and will avoid unnecessary expenditures of staff time and material resources for performing uninformative studies. Along with information about modern trends in laboratory diagnosis of infections, this book provides brief information on the main types of current laboratory research. Knowledge about the physiological properties of analytes used in clinical practice and the diagnostic significance of their changes is extremely necessary for detection of the manifestations of infectious diseases, their complications and treatment monitoring. Due to the completeness and diversity of the material presented, the wide range of studies involved, the book will be interesting and useful to a wide range of readers: infectious disease specialists and clinicians of other specialties, including specialists in clinical diagnostic laboratories and laboratories of hygiene and epidemiology centers, as well as to undergraduate and graduate students – biologists and doctors.
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Neal, H. "Chapter 39. Training and Staff Records for GXP." In Good Clinical, Laboratory and Manufacturing Practices, 541–50. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/9781847557728-00541.

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Bowker, P. "Design of Mechanical Equipment for Laboratory Staff and Patient Safety." In Handbook of Laboratory Health and Safety Measures, 37–42. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9363-7_3.

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Bowker, P. "Design of Mechanical Equipment for Laboratory Staff and Patient Safety." In Handbook of Laboratory Health and Safety Measures, 41–49. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7897-4_3.

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Plebani, Mario, Ada Aita, and Laura Sciacovelli. "Patient Safety in Laboratory Medicine." In Textbook of Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management, 325–38. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59403-9_24.

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AbstractLaboratory medicine in the healthcare system has recently been recognized as a fundamental service in the clinical decision-making process. Therefore, the notion of patient safety in laboratory medicine must be recognized as the assurance that harm to patients will be avoided, safe care outcomes will be enhanced through error prevention, and the total testing process (TTP) will be continuously improved.Although the goal for patient safety is zero errors, and although laboratory professionals have made numerous efforts to reduce errors in the last few decades, current research into laboratory-related diagnostic errors highlights that: (a) errors occur at every step of the TTP, mainly affecting phases at clinical interfaces; (b) despite the improvement strategies adopted, analytical quality remains a challenge; (c) errors are linked not only to clinical chemistry tests, but also to new, increasingly complex diagnostic testing.Medical laboratories must therefore implement effective quality assurance tools to identify and prevent errors in order to guarantee the reliability of laboratory information. Accreditation in compliance with the International Standard ISO 15189 represents the first step, establishing processes with excellence requirements and greater expectations of staff competency. Another important step in preventing errors and ensuring patient safety is the development of specific educational and training programs addressed to all professionals involved in the process, in which both technical and administrative skills are integrated. A wide variety of information is provided by a robust quality management system and consensus-approved Quality Indicators (QI) that identify undesirable events, evaluate the risk to the patient, and call for corrective and preventive actions. However, the effectiveness of the system depends on the careful analysis of data collected and on staff awareness of the importance of laboratory medicine to the healthcare process. The main task of the new generation of laboratory professionals should be to gain experience in “clinical laboratory stewardship.” In order to safeguard patients, laboratory professionals must assist clinicians in selecting the right test for the right patient at the right time and facilitate the interpretation of laboratory information.
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Fleming, Kathryn M., Matthias Klammer, and Mickey B. C. Koh. "Laboratory/Pathology Services and Blood Bank." In The Comprehensive Cancer Center, 63–74. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82052-7_8.

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AbstractPathology and its laboratories are central in support of every facet of cancer care in a CCC center, from diagnosis, to patient support during treatment, research, therapeutic drug manufacture and development and bio-banking.We have approached this discussion from the perspective of the timeline of a patient’s journey through cancer care. We begin with screening programs, high quality diagnostics and then maintaining quality supportive cancer care. Specialised services such as cellular therapies and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation with their unique requirements are considered and lastly we discuss the vital role of clinical trials and research in comprehensive cancer care with a focus on biobanks.We also examine the role of the diagnostic laboratories and their clinical and scientific staff in shaping an integrated cancer diagnostic report, as an integral part of a cancer Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) or “Tumour Board”. Increasingly, integration of a large amount of clinical data, laboratory results and interpretation of complex molecular and genomic datasets is required to underpin the role of CCC’s as centres of clinical excellence and to collaborate with partners in local, national and international research protocols.
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Datta, Jashodeep, and J. Joshua Smith. "How to Set Up, Staff, and Fund Your Basic Science or Translational Research Laboratory." In Success in Academic Surgery: Basic Science, 1–12. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14644-3_1.

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Basson, Marc D., and Harvey L. Bumpers. "How to Set Up, Staff, and Fund Your Basic Science or Translational Research Laboratory." In Success in Academic Surgery: Basic Science, 1–17. London: Springer London, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4736-7_1.

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Kloetzer, Laure, Jo Wells, Laura Seppänen, and Sarah Hean. "Mentoring in Practice: Rebuilding Dialogue with Mentees’ Stories." In Improving Interagency Collaboration, Innovation and Learning in Criminal Justice Systems, 165–92. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70661-6_7.

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AbstractThe voluntary and community sector (VCS) is a key player in the support of prisoners and ex-prisoners in the English and Welsh criminal justice system. Organisational learning and innovation is urgently required in this sector to adapt to the current political and economic environment. The chapter describes exploratory efforts to introduce participatory methods drawn from Change Laboratory Methods and Clinics of Activity within a local VCS organisation that would help (re)build dialogue between stakeholders with the aim of promoting organisational learning and innovation. The intervention comprised an ethnographic phase of observing the staff, interviews with 19 key stakeholders, and a final developmental workshop with the staff. The analysis of these data by the researcher (first author) provided insight into the experience of mentors working in the voluntary sector as well as providing a trigger for dialogue in a subsequent workshop that used these data to establish dialogue between staff. These served as dialogical artefacts, introducing micro-dramas in the form of selected user stories. These dialogical artefacts triggered diverse reactions and analyses by the various participants, highlighting different elements than those anticipated by the researcher. We discuss the different readings of our research data by the researcher and staff members, presenting these two contrasting perspectives, and the implications this has for workplace development methods.
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Starzacher, Peter, Gerald Quirchmayr, and Roland Wagner. "Comparison and analysis of selected CIM-laboratory concepts and their importance for the improvement of staff training." In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 613–37. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-60286-0_123.

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Huynh, Phuong, and Renza Monteleone. "Development of Organizational Quality Management System." In Quality Management and Accreditation in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, 9–16. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64492-5_2.

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AbstractDevelopment of a comprehensive quality management system (QMS) is often the most challenging and time-consuming exercise for the haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) programme as, at least in the first instance, it often requires a cultural shift in working, especially in the clinical HSCT programme. A QMS will only be successful if there is regular communication between all the staff involved. A variety of group and team meetings should be established in the haematopoietic cell transplant (HSCT) programme to demonstrate integration and ensure that the clinical, collection and laboratory units are all working together to achieve excellent communication, effective common working practices and quality assuring patient care.
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Conference papers on the topic "Laboratory staff"

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Weaver, John R. "Evaluating Laboratory Staff Performance." In 2012 19th Biennial University/Government/Industry Micro/Nano Symposium (UGIM). IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ugim.2012.6247091.

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Chirkunov, K., and I. Karpov. "Virtual Laboratory - the Interaction Tool for Geologists and Laboratory Staff." In Progress’19. European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201953042.

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Allbaugh, Alicia, Andrew Mishkin, Sharon Laubach, and Russell L. Knight. "Automated Scheduling of Personnel to Staff Operations for the Mars Science Laboratory." In SpaceOps 2014 Conference. Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2014-1650.

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Pougnet, R., M. Uguen, B. Loddé, B. Sawicki, and L. Pougnet. "699 Occupational diseases of medical laboratory staff: review of literature 2006–2016." In 32nd Triennial Congress of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH), Dublin, Ireland, 29th April to 4th May 2018. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2018-icohabstracts.1097.

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Lin, Chi-Hsuan. "Measurement Quality Assurance of Metrology-The Criteria to Update the Control Chart." In NCSL International Workshop & Symposium. NCSL International, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.51843/wsproceedings.2019.11.

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According to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 section 7.7.1, the laboratory shall have a procedure for monitoring the validity of results. Creating a control chart is the most frequently used method when we monitor the stability of measurement system in laboratory. Because the control limits of the control chart will influence the validity of monitoring, it is necessary to recalculate the control limits regularly. For this reason, this paper is focused on finding the right timing to recalculate the control limits, and using the hypothesis testing to establish the criteria for updating the control chart. Laboratory staff can follow this criteria to decide whether the previous and present data of the control chart are consistent or not, and update the central line (CL), the lower control limit (LCL) and the upper control limit (UCL). At the meantime, from the perspective of quality assurance, figuring out the mistakes that the laboratory staff usually make when they create the control chart. It will help the laboratory staff to recalculate the control limits more easily and monitor the stability of measurement system more efficiently.
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Wilson, Kerry, David Jones, Nonhlanhla Tlotleng, Felix Made, Graham Chin, Vusi Ntlebi, Natasha Sanabria, Jitcy Joseph, and Melissa Vetten. "RF-412 Surveillance of COVID-19 cases among medical laboratory staff in South Africa." In 28th International Symposium on Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH 2021). BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oem-2021-epi.369.

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Guan, Lili, Zhouyu Jin, Yuting Li, Huijing Liu, Xiyan Cui, Hao Dong, and Haiyan Li. "Thinking on Status and Suggestions for University Biology Laboratory Staff under the Teaching Reform Background." In 2017 7th International Conference on Education, Management, Computer and Society (EMCS 2017). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/emcs-17.2017.177.

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Bataev, Alexey V., and Ksenia I. Bataeva. "Educational process digitalization: introduction of cloud laboratory complexes." In XVIII Russian Scientific and Practical Conference on Planning and Teaching Engineering Staff for the Industrial and Economic Complex of the Region. Eco-vector, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.17816/ptes26295.

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"QUALITY OF CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES IN A TERTIARY HEALTH CARE FACILITY, IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, IBADAN." In International Conference on Public Health and Humanitarian Action. International Federation of Medical Students' Associations - Jordan, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.56950/hxts1913.

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Background: Quality clinical laboratory service provision is very important in order to enhance diagnostic value and improve the health status of the community. However, there is very little information on the actual standard adaptation, and implementation, or the impact policy guidelines have had on laboratory services delivery and the community. This study assessed the quality of clinical laboratory services in a tertiary health care facility in Ibadan North Local Government Area, Oyo state. Methods: Interview was conducted for 125 laboratory staff and 426 patients. Five laboratory units were assessed. Data collection was through an observational checklist and semi-structured questionnaires. Observational checklist obtained information on the level of compliance to standard practices and processes. Questionnaires obtained information on laboratory staff socio-demographic characteristics and competency level, and patients’ sociodemographic characteristics and satisfaction with the domains of clinical laboratory services. Descriptive analysis was performed and associations explored between relevant variables using Chi-square test at ‘p’ level of 0.05. Results: Highest level of quality management systems were maintained by the five laboratories while 28.6% had structural deficiencies; 86.9% had compliance with practice quality with Microbiology laboratory unit having highest rating of standard practices (94.6%). Laboratory staff were considered as competent (93.6%) and most are certified by their accreditation body. About 38.6% and 20% attended training in the last 3 months and 6 months respectively. Overall patients’ level of satisfaction was moderate with 53.3% satisfied with the laboratory service received. Half were dissatisfied with the cost of the laboratory tests (49.8%). Patients with higher educational level and income were significantly satisfied than others. Conclusion: Quality of clinical laboratory service delivery in the study setting was good. There is a need for adequate internal and external quality assurance schemes to be in place to constantly monitor the quality of management systems for good service delivery. Key words: Quality, Clinical services, Tertiary healthcare facility, management systems.
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Noonan, Christine F., and Kelly G. Stratton. "Improving scientific communication and publication output in a multidisciplinary laboratory: Changing culture through staff development workshops." In 2015 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (ProComm). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ipcc.2015.7235783.

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Steiner, Robert Ernest, and Stephen Philip Lamont. IAEA Staff Training by the Los Alamos National Laboratory Clean Chemistry Team. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), October 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1400110.

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Griffin, J. W., S. W. Sharpe, and T. M. Sloane. General Motors Corporation and Pacific Northwest Laboratory Staff Exchange: Instrumentation for rapid measurement of automotive exhaust emissions. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), July 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/100432.

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Good, M. S., and D. D. Rogers. General Motors Corporation and Pacific Northwest Laboratory staff exchange: Inspection of case hardened steels and metal-matrix composites. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), October 1993. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/10105740.

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Brown, F. W. Upgrading the chemical laboratory facilities of the Bangladesh geological survey and training of their staff in geochemical analysis. Natural Resources Canada/ESS/Scientific and Technical Publishing Services, 1993. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/193237.

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Fort, J. A. Reaction Engineering International and Pacific Northwest Laboratory staff exchange: Addressing computational fluid dynamics needs of the chemical process industry. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), July 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/104431.

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Constatine, Aloyce, Zita Ekeocha, Stephen Robert Byrn, and Kari L. Clase. Quality of Sample Testing in the Laboratory Unit: Current Situation and Strategies for Improvement. Purdue University, December 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317446.

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The purpose of this study was to understand the status quo of quality sample testing in the laboratory unit. A quantitative research method was used. An extensive laboratory documents (protocol, worksheets, laboratory analytical plan, standard operating procedures and manuals) review was performed and a networking approach to both management and lab staff at all levels was reviewed in order to identify all non-conformities occurred in the past three years. Results identified 36 number of results deviated from reference standards among different test performed, 400 number of samples lost, the number of laboratory personnel who were not sufficiently trained to take the task properly decreased from 16 in 2016 to 6 in 2018 after conducting training on laboratory quality management system, 36 controlled documents including sample management standard operating procedure, bench job aids were missing and 8 customer complains about the delay of results and quality laboratory of services have been identified.
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Olson, N. J., and T. E. Meier. Meier associates and Pacific Northwest Laboratory staff exchange: Transfer of corrosion monitoring expertise to assess and develop in-line inspection tools for corrosion control. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), April 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/69129.

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Fulkerson, W., S. Auerbach, A. Crane, D. Kash, A. Perry, D. Reister, and C. Hagan, Jr. Energy technology R and D: What could make a difference. : A study by the staff of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Part 1, Synthesis report: Volume 1. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), May 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/5938795.

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W, Nedra, Laura B. Strange, Sara M. Kennedy, Katrina D. Burson, and Gina L. Kilpatrick. Completeness of Prenatal Records in Community Hospital Charts. RTI Press, February 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2018.rr.0032.1802.

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We describe the completeness of prenatal data in maternal delivery records and the prevalence of selected medical conditions and complications among patients delivering at community hospitals around Atlanta, Georgia. Medical charts for 199 maternal-infant dyads (99 infants in normal newborn nurseries and 104 infants in newborn intensive care nurseries) were identified by medical records staff at 9 hospitals and abstracted on site. Ninety-eight percent of hospital charts included prenatal records, but over 20 percent were missing results for common laboratory tests and prenatal procedures. Forty-nine percent of women had a pre-existing medical condition, 64 percent had a prenatal complication, and 63 percent had a labor or delivery complication. Missing prenatal information limits the usefulness of these records for research and may result in unnecessary tests or procedures or inappropriate medical care.
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BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY INSTRUMENTATION DIVISION, R AND D PROGRAMS, FACILITIES, STAFF. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), June 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/14646.

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