The downside of staff workarounds, which can draw the ire of AOs
Medical Environment Update, March 1, 2018
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Laboratorians are resourceful, and if you followed them through their workday, you would be amazed at some of the processes they have put into place to perform the tasks they’ve been assigned to do. Not all of these processes follow the written lab procedures, though. Some are not acceptable by lab accrediting agencies, and many are simply unsafe.
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