2015 AACC

Utilizing Lean Principles to Optimize Your Inpatient and Outpatient Phlebotomy Services-72417 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B301)

27 Jul 15
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Tracks: Lab Management, Patient Safety

Speaker(s): Stacy Melanson, Brigham and Womens Hospital; Milenko Tanasijevic, Brigham and Women's Hospital

After this session, participants will be able to: 1) discuss how Lean principles can be applied in phlebotomy; 2) list potential targets for process improvement in phlebotomy; 3) state metrics that can be utilized to monitor process improvements in phlebotomy; and 4) describe the benefits of phlebotomy process improvements to patients, providers and phlebotomists