Safety Considerations for Blood Specimen Transport within Your Facility

Specimen Transport

Safety Considerations for Blood Specimen Transport within Your Facility Vertical or Horizontal Plastic blood collection tubes and plastic micro collection containers should be maintained in a vertical position to promote complete clot formation, if required, and reduce the possibility of hemolysis. Plastic capillary tubes should be used for blood collection and may be carried horizontally …

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MarketLab Launches New Guide for Infection Control as Flu Grips U.S.

Flu Season, Infection Control, Marketlab News

Responds to Growing Concerns of Widespread Illness and Disease Caledonia, Mich. – January 24, 2013 – Seasonal influenza activity remains at “elevated” levels for much of the U.S., as stated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a report on January 18, 2013. Though the CDC and other agencies have outlined strategies to …

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MarketLab Introduces Exclusive 5S Lean for Healthcare Partnership

Marketlab News

Supports Healthcare Facilities in Their Implementation of The Joint Commission’s Recommendation Caledonia, Mich. – January 8, 2013 – MarketLab, Inc., a national distributor of unique and hard-to-find products for the clinical and healthcare markets, announced today that it has launched the 5S Lean for Healthcare Partnership. With The Joint Commission recommending process improvement strategies, such …

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The Marriage of Organization & Infection Control

Solution Success Stories

Case Study: Custom Product for Barnes-Jewish Hospital Glove Dispenser with Lid Barnes-Jewish Hospital, like all healthcare facilities, needs glove dispensers. But their Infection Control Department had a special request. They wanted a glove dispenser with a lid to keep dust and loose particles from settling into the dispenser and possibly contaminating the gloves. Easy enough. …

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Are You Going 5S Lean?

5S Lean for Healthcare

In an interview with HHN Magazine, The Joint Commission president, Mark Chassin, M.D., urged hospitals to think “process” instead of “best practices” as a way to improve quality and patient safety. “Hospitals that focus more directly on continuous process improvement,” Chassin says, “can begin to adapt the principles of so-called high reliability organizations, which create …

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