Inaccurate Medical Laboratory Test Results and Misdiagnoses in Nigeria Widely Reported by Media

Dec 7, 2011 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology, Management & Operations

Clinical pathology laboratories operate with little effective regulatory oversight in West African nation In Nigeria, patients are complaining about the problems caused by both misdiagnosis and faulty medical laboratory test results. There is also the problem that not all physicians and patients have access to a high quality clinical laboratory. Nigeria’s news media is giving this situation wide play. Government officials have been forced to acknowledge the poor state of the country’s clinical...

Seven Deadly Sins of Quality Management Are Found in Many Clinical Laboratories

Sep 25, 2009 | Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology, Management & Operations

Unproductive workplace dynamics retard performance improvement efforts Some quality experts are recognizing that the true root causes of non-conforming events in clinical laboratories and pathology groups are not flaws in individual work processes. Rather, they argue the true root causes of defects are actually embedded organizational values and beliefs which management uses to justify and reinforce the way it organizes and operates the laboratory. This perspective on management values as the...
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