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Huff, WBUSAF
Inst Environm Safety & Occupat Hlth Risk Anal Epidemiol Surveillance Div Brooks AFB TX 78235 USA
The Department of Defense (DoD) Laboratory Joint Working Group plans unified laboratory strategy under the auspices of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Board of Governors. One goal of the Laboratory Joint Worki...
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The Department of Defense (DoD) Laboratory Joint Working Group plans unified laboratory strategy under the auspices of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Board of Governors. One goal of the Laboratory Joint Working Group is to advocate clinical integration through automation of data transfer between medical treatment facilities using the DoD standard platform, Composite Health Care System (CHCS). A working group project team is implementing global laboratory information transfer, which enables CHCS-to-CHCS communication throughout the DoD, A prerequisite to global laboratory information transfer is the standardization of laboratory test nomenclature across all CHCS systems using LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers, Names and Codes). This makes possible easier access to information among caregivers and therapeutic and public health disease managers and enhances global surveillance of disease outbreaks and continuity of care. The end result is the first-ever electronic transfer of laboratory results between all DoD facilities.
Background: In an effort to reduce overall laboratory costs and improve overall laboratory efficiencies at all of its network hospitals, the North Shore-Long Island Health System recently established a Consolidated La...
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Background: In an effort to reduce overall laboratory costs and improve overall laboratory efficiencies at all of its network hospitals, the North Shore-Long Island Health System recently established a Consolidated Laboratory Network with a Core Laboratory at its center. Methods: We established and implemented a centralized Core Laboratory designed around the Roche/Hitachi CLAS Total Laboratory Automation system to perform the general and esoteric laboratory testing throughout the system in a timely and cost-effective fashion. All remaining STAT testing will be performed within the Rapid Response Laboratories (RRLs) at each of the system's hospitals. Results: Results for this laboratory consolidation and implementation effort demonstrated a decrease in labor costs and improved turnaround time (TAT) at the core laboratory. Anticipated system savings are similar to$2.7 million. TATs averaged 1.3 h within the Core Laboratory and less than 30 min in the RRLs. Conclusions: When properly implemented, automation systems can reduce overall laboratory expenses, enhance patient services, and address the overall concerns facing the laboratory today: job satisfaction, decreased length of stay, and safety. The financial savings realized are primarily a result of labor reductions. (C) 2000 American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
作者:
Gaydos, JCUS Dept Def
Global Emerging Infect Surveilllance & Response S Div Prevent Med Walter Reed Army Inst Res Silver Spring MD 20910 USA
The Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System has a mission to identify vulnerabilities in the military health system related to the occurrence of emerging infectious diseases, ...
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The Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System has a mission to identify vulnerabilities in the military health system related to the occurrence of emerging infectious diseases, Public health laboratory (PHL) functions are critical to the detection and control of emerging infectious diseases and were assessed. Four important services were evaluated: (1) surveillance for antibiotic resistance, (2) laboratory-based infectious disease surveillance, (3) provision of diagnostic services for uncommon infections, and (4) specimen referral and information transfer within a defined PHL infrastructure. Initial assessments identified several shortcomings and a lack of information about PHL functions. Therefore, a PI-II, symposium was held in September 1999 to define the state of civilian and military PHL functions, identify problems and interventions, and encourage civilian-military networking. After the symposium, selected attendees met in two workshop groups. One addressed the first two functions;the other addressed the last two.
Public health laboratories in the United States exist at the federal, state, and local level. The earliest laboratories were created in the late 1800s in the wake of the work of Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur. Currentl...
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Public health laboratories in the United States exist at the federal, state, and local level. The earliest laboratories were created in the late 1800s in the wake of the work of Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur. Currently, these laboratories make up a loosely formed network. The combined state portion of this network employs more than 6,000 staff members, tests more than 20 million specimens each year, and has a combined annual budget of more than $300 million. Public health laboratories are found in a variety of organizational settings. Several efforts have been made to define the roles of public health laboratories. Recently, the Association of Public Health Laboratories adopted a consensus position that has formally set forth the core functions, which include activities such as environmental testing, emergency response, surveillance, and reference services. Public health laboratories are being challenged with funding, new technology, and current issues such as bioterrorism, food safety, and antimicrobial resistance.
Efficient monitoring of antimicrobial resistance (AR) can produce timely and important data and information that will benefit patients and could assist in the detection of a bioterrorist event. The microbiology labora...
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Efficient monitoring of antimicrobial resistance (AR) can produce timely and important data and information that will benefit patients and could assist in the detection of a bioterrorist event. The microbiology laboratory staff of the largest U.S. Air Force medical facility attempted to improve AR monitoring at their hospital by reviewing their current capabilities and the capabilities of other available monitoring systems. The systems reviewed included the DataTrac System (Vitek bioMerieux, Hazelwood, Missouri) and the military Composite Health Care System, which were already in use, and the WHONET 5 (World Heath Organization, Geneva, Switzerland) and The Surveillance Network (MRL Pharmaceutical Services, Herndon, Virginia), The Surveillance Network was selected for incorporation into the hospital AR monitoring program with modifications to comply with military command requirements. Information gathered during the review and selection process are presented and may be helpful to others who are looking to improve their hospital AR monitoring programs.
Background: The Laboratory Advisory System (LAS) is an expert system interface that works interactively with clinicians to assist them with test selection and result interpretation throughout the laboratory investigat...
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Background: The Laboratory Advisory System (LAS) is an expert system interface that works interactively with clinicians to assist them with test selection and result interpretation throughout the laboratory investigation of a patient. Methods: To study the influence of the LAS on laboratory investigations, a repeated-measures experiment using clinical vignettes was conducted. To collect baseline data on how laboratory investigations are currently conducted, clinicians investigated one-half of the vignettes using a conventional (noncomputer) approach. To determine the influence of the LAS on clinicians' behavior, the other half of the vignettes were investigated using the LAS. Results: Clinicians using the LAS (compared with conventional practice) ordered fewer laboratory tests during the diagnostic process (mean, 17.8 vs 32.7), completed the diagnostic workup with fewer sample collections (mean, 5.8 vs 7.5), generated lower laboratory costs (mean, $194 vs $232), shortened the time required to reach a diagnosis (mean, 1 day vs 3.2 days), showed closer adherence to established clinical practice guidelines, and exhibited a more uniform and diagnostically successful investigation. Conclusion: The LAS enhances the outcome of the investigation and improves laboratory utilization (C) 1999 American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Alfred Gilman, a prominent US cell biologist, is seeking funds for a multi-laboratory, multidisciplinary initiative called the Alliance for Cellular Signalling. It would map how molecules in a cell interact with each ...
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Alfred Gilman, a prominent US cell biologist, is seeking funds for a multi-laboratory, multidisciplinary initiative called the Alliance for Cellular Signalling. It would map how molecules in a cell interact with each other in response to internal and external signals.
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