Your blood draw patients are not all alike, so you cannot expect a single phlebotomy chair to meet all of their needs. Accommodating patients with chairs designed for their body types and tendencies not only leads to easier, safer draws, but also increases satisfaction and comfort. Patient satisfaction isn’t the only benefit of purchasing phlebotomy …
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Phlebotomists have a challenging job that requires knowledge, dedication, and amazing attention to detail. Not all blood draws go smoothly, even for the most experienced phlebotomist. Different patients can present unique challenges, and communication across units sometimes isn’t as clear as it could be. Still, those who’ve been performing venipunctures for a while overcome these …
Before you don those purple gloves, you might want to consider how that glove color could make your patients feel. Color psychology suggests that purple signifies authority, sophistication, and power (think kingly robes and clerical vestments). While that color could be ideal for a surgeon demonstrating a difficult procedure to a group of students, perhaps …
You know how it goes—your laboratory is neat and organized one day, and the next you’ve lost your third pen to the massive pile of documents and lab supplies that have managed to build up on your benchtop. You could give in to the chaos and just start stocking extra supplies, but why feed the …
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More than 50% of all healthcare-professional injuries are caused by overexertion, with almost half of those classified as musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) — injuries to the muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, or nerves. Poorly constructed, unorganized workspaces and supplies are often to blame for phlebotomy-related MSDs due to designs that increase straining, stretching, and repetitious and awkward …
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From audible medical equipment alarms to visitors who use waiting areas as their personal conference rooms, hospitals can get pretty noisy. Besides disrupting sleep and bothering patients, high hospital noise volumes can also cause serious unintended consequences for patients and staff. Multiple studies have shown that hospital noise levels can have negative physical and psychological …
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Do you suspect your work chair means you harm? You might be right. Forget about inferior designs and cheap materials. Chairs don’t get to pick who makes them or how. But is it entirely impossible to believe that they get to choose how they respond to their lot in life? Here are five signs your …
Lab techs are a passionate bunch, but they’re not all that difficult to please. Sure, they’re dreamers (mmm, beers with Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson), but they’re also down to earth. Organization, cleanliness, and caffeine are usually enough to fill lab techs’ hearts with joy. Here are seven things that make lab techs ridiculously …
What do the patient who watches their soaps at full volume, that old squeaky cart, and the visitor with the Justin Bieber ringtone that goes off constantly have in common? They create unnecessary hospital noise that can have negative consequences on patients, staff, and HCAHPS scores. The good news? There are a number of easy, …
Your healthcare organization cannot afford to disregard any complaints of discomfort from its employees. That doesn’t necessarily mean every worker should be provided with a personal masseuse. What it does mean is that every sore foot, aching back, and kinked neck is worth careful consideration, for a number of reasons. First and foremost, employees are …
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