Laboratory professionals must complete continuing education learning activities to deliver quality care and maintain a current knowledge base. This course outlines steps that may be taken to improve patient care by decreasing the chance of medical errors. Medical errors for laboratory professionals content is required information for licensure in Florida.
Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel (CEBroker Provider #: 50-290)
Tennessee Medical Laboratory Board (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Louisiana Board of Medical Examiners - Clinical Laboratory Personnel (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Relias LLC is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. ® Program.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Your Role and Error History
Section 3: Errors: Types and Sources
Testing Process
Pre-Analytical Errors
Analytical Errors
Post-Analytical Errors
Section 4: Recommended Approaches to Error Prevention
The IOM
Section 5: Clinical Vignette
Chris’s Hospital Laboratory
Section 6: Conclusion
Summary
Course Contributor
References
Catherine Swift, MT(ASCP) is the clinical laboratory science editor for Relias Learning. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English from Hastings College and a Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology from North Colorado Medical Center. She has experience working in hospital laboratories, clinic laboratories, and research experience in microbiology as well as clinical research trials involving patients and various drug therapies for osteoporosis, endometriosis and bone density at Creighton University School of Medicine.
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