Adoption of lean principles in a high-volume molecular diagnostic microbiology laboratory.

J Clin Microbiol

Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Published: July 2014

Clinical laboratories are constantly facing challenges to do more with less, enhance quality, improve test turnaround time, and reduce operational expenses. Experience with adopting and applying lean concepts and tools used extensively in the manufacturing industry is described for a high-volume clinical molecular microbiology laboratory, illustrating how operational success and benefits can be achieved.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4097759PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00430-14DOI Listing

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