Establishment and implementation of an improvement plan using Lean Six Sigma methodology to minimize variation in ordering laboratory tests
Background/aim Ordering laboratory (laboratory) tests by physicians is a part of the pre-preanalytical laboratory phase, which is a high error-prone process. Many of the laboratory tests ordered are unnecessary, where excess ordering represents as much as 25–40% of all ordered tests. The present stu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2022-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of the Arab Society for Medical Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.new.asmr.eg.net/article.asp?issn=1687-4293;year=2022;volume=17;issue=2;spage=166;epage=179;aulast=Gomaa |