Collaboration for Laboratory Best Practices Expands
The CLMA, an international organization for laboratory professionals, has joined forced with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the second part of a pilot effort to identify and and detail best practices for the laboratory setting. The intent of the new project is to improve practices in the laboratory through the identification of areas for improvement across this specialty. A press release was issued by CLMA describing the collaboration.
Through the partnership, CLMA is providing the CDC’s Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) with its database of information on good practices and the organization’s membership to create an evidence-based method for the identification and evaluation of proposed best practices.
The project is dedicated to enhancing healthcare and improving patient safety in the laboratory setting. It will provide all labs with a working map of practices that have been vetted through the CLMA and have had success at other organizations. There are distinct issues for consideration in the laboratory setting that need to be addressed in the interest of overhauling the entire system of care across the country and, in particular, reducing costs.
The Good Practice Sharing Program (GPS) was created by the CLMA in 2007. This program allows members to share projects from their own laboratories with other CLMA members. All the information has been organized into a well organized database that is accessible through the internet.
February 22, 2008 Related topics: Laboratory, Partnerships & Consortia, Quality, Safety, Errors