Oct 30, 2006 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
On September 6, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations issued a Sentinel Event Alert urging health care organizations to pay special attention to how emergency power systems can fail. Though the alert was geared towards hospitals and other facilities that directly care for patients, many of the precautions recommended also apply to laboratories. The loss of power for an unexpected amount of time due to natural disaster can cause the loss of specimens in storage and...
