You start your 8-4 pm shift and review the quality control levy jennings chart results from the prior two shifts. Upon review you see that that the 4-12 pm shift from the previous day had 2 of the 3 controls out of range with no corrective action, and they released all of the patient results. You also see that the 12 to 8am shift quality control results were all in range however they did not address the previous shifts issue. Please discuss what you would do, who should be contacted, why. Discuss what actions should be taken. How you would go about preventing this from happening again Remember that all clinical laboratories, and the equipment are linked to an LIS.

You start your 8-4 pm shift and review the quality control levy jennings chart results from the prior two shifts. Upon review you see that that the 4-12 pm shift from the previous day had 2 of the 3 controls out of range with no corrective action, and they released all of the patient results. You also see that the 12 to 8am shift quality control results were all in range however they did not address the previous shifts issue. Please discuss what you would do, who should be contacted, why. Discuss what actions should be taken. How you would go about preventing this from happening again Remember that all clinical laboratories, and the equipment are linked to an LIS.

Understanding Health Insurance: A Guide to Billing and Reimbursement

14th Edition

ISBN:9781337679480

Author:GREEN

Publisher:GREEN

Chapter4: Revenue Cycle Management

Section: Chapter Questions

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