By the Numbers: Lab Injury and Exposure Data
By Dan Scungio, MT (ASCP), SLS, CQA (ASQ) bio
Finding information about the number of Laboratory Acquired Infections (LAIs) and other laboratory injuries in the United States is difficult…
Employment Law Update for August 2017
By Mike O’Brien bio
Here is my periodic update prepared for interested HR professionals trying to deal with the complex American employment laws…
Decoding Quality Terminology
By Jennifer Dawson, MHA, LSSBB, DLM(ASCP) bio
Quality has been defined as fitness for use, conformance to requirements, the pursuit of excellence and a product or service free of deficiencies …
Should you be paying your staff overtime?
By Nick Hernandez bio
It is a recurrent challenge for human resource professionals: Determining whether an employee is exempt from the overtime requirements of the…
Here’s my latest Employment Law update prepared for many HR professionals
By Mike O’Brien bio
Lots of ADA Facility Lawsuits in Utah: Here is an interesting legal news update from my partner Mike Judd: Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires places of…
Why Your Best Talent is Leaving and Four Ways to Win Them Back
By William A. Schiemann, Ph.D bio
Most leaders of companies today recognize the importance of having engaged people at work. Yet research from the Metrus Institute, Gallup, and others say that…
Employment Law Update for HR Managers
By Mike O’Brien bio
This is my periodic update prepared for interested HR professionals trying to deal with the complex American employment laws…
Medical Necessity Requirement Bites Anatomic Pathologists
By Robert Mazer bio
The DOJ has announced two separate settlements involving claims for allegedly unnecessary special stains…
Getting a new lab space? Design it for safety now and save thousands later
By Dan Scungio, MT (ASCP), SLS, CQA (ASQ) bio
Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a laboratory manager who worked in a hospital that was designing a new stand-alone emergency department building which would include a…
5 ways to end generational stereotyping in your lab
By Dr. William A. Schiemann bio
These days, the Millennial Generation is hyped, perhaps even more than Baby Boomers were hyped in the 1950s and 1960s. As I meet with executives around the globe, there is widespread confusion and…
Do No Harm: Diagnostic Errors and the Lab
By Jennifer (McMahon) Dawson, MHA, DLM (ASCP) bio
“Do no harm” is the mantra that health care providers live by. Doctors, nurses and laboratory professionals alike enter into the business of health care because they are motivated to…
Watch Out for Resume Fraud
By Lynne Curry, Ph.D bio
You know that new laboratory assistant you just hired—the one with the terrific resume and reference? It turns out she never worked for the employers named on the resume or…
Making Laboratory Safety as Simple as ABC
By Dan Scungio, MT (ASCP), SLS, CQA (ASQ) bio
When it comes to safety in the laboratory, there are several rules, regulations, and guidelines to keep track of from multiple organizations. If your responsibilities for lab safety are…
Role of Healthcare AI in the Lab: Today & Tomorrow
By Jason Bhan, MD, Co-Founder, Chief Medical Officer at Prognos bio
Laboratories have traditionally directed their information technology (IT) focus to support their main business of testing. The IT infrastructure they have invested in allows them to…
The New Overtime Rules are Put on Hold. What Does That Mean for You?
By Mike O’Brien bio
As most of you know by now, I’m sure, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) has finalized a new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) rule that, among other things, raises the minimum salary threshold required to qualify for…
