Specimens In Health Care

Doctors are held in high respect and are expected to diagnose and treat illness in one visit. Drawing blood for laboratory tests is feared because belief is that the blood cannot be replace. Surgery is feared for this reason and is a last resort (Health Beliefs, 2011).

The order of draw is very important in today’s health care facilities. The order of draw has been around for many years, it is believed to have started in the late 1900s. A lot of time when blood is being draw, there are many different kinds of blood related test going on. Therefore, there is a certain order of draw that must be taken placed. There are a variety of precautionary procedures dealing with the order of draw that must be followed. Furthermore, the main reason for the order of draw is to prevent cross-contamination and to ensure that all test result are accurate. To do this we have to prevent the additives from one tube to be carried over to the next tube. This can happen when the needle you are using touches or come in contact

This should matter to patients, because it allows for an accurate, reliable, quality, and timeliness of their test results. Patients should feel safe enough in any laboratory room or facility when they go and get blood work done, or have to urinate in a cup, or if they have a sample sent

Within this case study I am going to use two of the Chapelhow et al. (2005) enablers to discuss and reflect on the care of a patient I have been involved with on placement over a period of 5 weeks. ‘Enablers are the essential and underpinning skills that come together to provide expert professional practice’ (Chapelhow, C et al. 2005, p.2). These include; assessment, communication, documentation, risk, professional decision making and managing uncertainty. The enablers work together to provide a holistic approach to the care of patients in health care settings. I am going to focus on and discuss two of the enablers, linking them both together, which will be assessment and communication as I believe these two enablers can be related most to my patient.

One of the main problems you do not want in a lab is a contamination issue, especially when a test is time sensitive. This situation came up when we received and analyzed the results of one of our major and most extensive tests. At the time, the lab was low staffed and I was the most familiar with the test. I believed I was sufficiently experienced with time management and knowledge that I could successfully determine the root of the contamination in tandem with completing current tasks assigned. I evaluated all possible angles of the test and realized that there were multiple factors and various opportunities that could have caused this to happen. I decided to channel most of my energy towards braking down the steps/phases and examined any

Hospital organizations function from various financial resources. Smaller facilities may not be able to afford the barcode specimen processing system. In that instance, there must be an alternate plan to prevent specimen errors and maintain patient safety. Instead of implementing a system wide barcoding system, focus would have to be on the manual processing of specimens. Management can start with a specimen policy, competency, and training prior to implementation. Education and training is

Gloves snapping, needles pricking, and blood gushing are often thought of when it is time to have one’s blood tested for various reasons. With a patient’s anxiety already running high, the slightest mishap can have a serious aftermath. If the venipuncture was painful or left horrible bruises, the patient may think of the procedure negatively in the future. More importantly, it is the Phlebotomist’s responsibility to obtain quality blood specimens to produce the most accurate laboratory results. (Garza, 2010) The School of Allied Health states, “It is widely accepted that the quality of a laboratory test is only as good as the specimen that was obtained.” (Allied Health, 2014) For this reason, a Phlebotomist

In this assignment I am going to deliberate the care of a patient that I have looked after when working in placement on a hospital ward .I will use the Chapelhow framework to discuss two of the perspectives in relation to the patients care needs. In the Chapelhow framework there are six perspectives that are used to help reflect and discuss patient care. These six perspectives are assessment, communication, documentation, risk management, professional decision making and managing uncertainty(Chapelhow, 2005).The two perspectives I am going to use in this assignment are assessment and communication.

The psychiatric clinical rotation at Clinch Mountain House was a very prodigious experience. This facility is unique because of the role it plays in the community; it serves to provide daily recreation for the members of the community who suffer from mental illnesses. This facility focuses on providing essential social skills to this community and accomplishes this goal by providing social interaction, a structured schedule, and daily assignments for each member.

Journal article based on Lisa Epsioteo’s article “Hospital Labs: Behind the Scenes,” posted on 30 January 2015 from U.S News, which demonstrate the importance of lab tech duties like analyzing specimen for the patient safety. It gives basic ideology of lab tech work, also informs, and provides learning experience about covert scientist and phlebotomist working at their respective work

The preanalytical errors increases health care costs and decreases the patient satisfaction. The laboratory errors that happen at any stage of the total testing process have influence on quality of laboratory services. Any errors that happen during this total testing process will affect the patient care that also includes unnecessary recollection of samples, delay in reporting, misdiagnosis and treatment by the clinician. Although the errors can happen at any stage of the total testing process, preanalytical errors accounts for highest percentage (70%). The consequences associated with analytical errors are significantly reduced by the use of modern laboratory instruments. But pre analytical phase is still prone to more errors due to its complexity and different stages that involved within and outside laboratory. The inaccurate reporting of results due to preanalytical errors leads to unnecessary investigations and creating an additional burden to the healthcare system (Kaushik, & Green, 2014). According to Green (2013) the healthcare economist created a model to quantify the costs associated with laboratory errors and poor sample quality. It is based on operating costs, number of beds, test volume, number of rejected samples, instrument problems and the frequency of inaccurate results reported by laboratory and their impacts. As per this model

One of the medical assistant that at the clinic showed me how to do the urine collection including how they conduct their urinalysis in their mini-lab. I find it amazing that they can get a result of the urinalysis in just a few minutes. Once the doctor received the result, she then either made an order for antibiotic or not depending on the test outcome. In my past experience of urine collection at my previous workplace, which was in a long-term care facility, the results for a complete urinalysis were not available until the next day or two. This was new and interesting to me as I have not seen it before. Having the results readily available sped up the process as it was crucial for the doctor to prescribe anything or plan the next step for the

Consults with physicians, hospital personnel and independent and hospital laboratory personnel regarding common laboratory problems.

Diagnostic/Patient Specimens - Specimens that are collected directly from humans or animals (including, but not limited to, excreta, secreta, blood and its components, tissue and tissue fluid swabs, and body parts) that are transported for research, diagnosis, investigations, disease treatment and prevention.

More than ever before, the health care work environment requires comfortable services and high technology information system. The health care manager should aware of and understand the impact of health information technology to ensure that workers are productive, sensitive data is protected, and patients remains safe. To manage effectively and efficiently, the health care manager must have the competencies and skills to evaluate the experience and adoption of new technologies to health care workers in the organization.