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Safety 1st: Holiday decorating tips Advance for Medical Laboratory Professionals Share    
When you are ready to get into the spirit of the holidays, decorating your work area always seems like a nice way to start. In some laboratories, the staff enjoys going all out and covering the lab end-to-end in decorations. It's fun to cover the door in pretty wrapping paper, hang streamers from the ceiling, and cover a Christmas tree with electric lights and paper garland. So who is that man in the corner telling you that those things are not allowed? Is that Scrooge saying "Bah humbug" to all of these ideas? More
Join CLMA's no-cost Dec. 7 audioLab on improving operations and enter to win an Apple iPad CLMA Share
As a clinical laboratory manager, you share the same challenges as your industry peers. But through a CLMA membership, you have the opportunity to face these challenges with new strategies learned through online discussions and education and the CLMA annual conference. Hear the results of a CLMA-sponsored Aspyra survey conducted at ThinkLab '11 on the critical challenges your peers face and learn how to address these challenges to improve your lab operations. Register today for Aspyra Survey Results: Insights on Optimizing presented by Eric Meerschaert and Laurie White of Market Growth Partners LLC on Dec. 7 at 1 p.m. EST. Attendees of this free audioLab session will be automatically entered to win an Apple iPad. More Job interviewing 101 — 6 essential questions to ask every candidate MoneyWatch Share
Interviewing for a job can be tough. Especially in a tight economy, the experience might fall somewhere on the stress scale nestled between a root canal and an IRS audit. However, being on the other side and conducting interviews isn't easy. Choosing the right person is a great investment not only for your company but for your own career. On the other hand, hiring a lemon will make your CEO think that you might also be one. You have a short amount of time to gather important information from this person, so you want to make each question count. More Join your CLMA friends and peers at ThinkLab '12 CLMA Share
Save the date for ThinkLab '12, April 29 - May 2 (Pre-conference on April 29) at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Conference registration, the education and networking schedule, and exhibitor and sponsor information will be listed on the CLMA website as soon as possible. Mark your calendar today and continue to read issues of Industry Pulse and CLMA emails to learn more. Get excited about the conference that Clinical Laboratory Consulting Services promoted as "a great opportunity to get laboratory management-focused CE credits and for networking with laboratory and industry leaders, outreach directors, and other consultants from around the country." More Goals: The difference between success and failure Fast Company Share
What do you think is the single most significant factor in determining the ultimate success or failure of your business? It's not how hard you work, how well you train your employees or even how strong your cash flow is. Those are all critical factors, but even more important is your approach (or lack thereof) to goal setting. Psychologists believe, and studies have documented, that individuals with clear, written goals are significantly more likely to succeed than those without clearly defined goals. More
More physician use of EHRs could increase medical malpractice claims Dark Daily Share
Some experts predict that the great expansion in the number of physicians using electronic health record systems may trigger an increase in medical malpractice lawsuits. Were this were to happen, clinical laboratories and pathology group practices might find themselves also named in such lawsuits because they provided the medical laboratory test results that populated the patient's EHR. Concern about an increase in medical malpractice claims surfaced in response to the speed at which the federal government is pushing physicians to implement and use electronic health record systems as required under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. For example, federal officials are directing hospitals to implement EHRs that fulfill the Act's Meaningful Use requirements by 2012. More The myth of work-life balance Harvard Business Review Share
Many companies extol the value of work-life balance for their employees, but the reality for senior executives? There isn't any. Frequently, stressed and harried managers look up the organization hierarchy and assume that they'll have greater control of their time when they advance to the C-suite. What they don't understand is that modern-day telecommunications, the hair-trigger requirements of financial markets and the pace of global organizations create 24/7 work lives for most executives. So, forget work-life balance and think personal organization and finding ways to relax. More The art of disagreement American Express Company Share
Disagreement is not a bad thing, if used and handled correctly. Unfortunately, very few people can handle a disagreement well. This post provides some tips on how to disagree with someone. More The only ethics guide you'll ever need Inc. Share
Peter Drucker, the late management guru, said: "As to 'ethical problems' in business, I have made myself tremendously unpopular by saying, again and again, that there is no such thing as 'business ethics.' There is only ethics." You can solve most ethical dilemmas by running down this checklist. It's pretty simple: If the action in question fails any one of these tests, just don't do it. More Laboratory waste management Advance for Administrators of the Laboratory Share
Laboratory waste is segregated at the point of use into categories that include but are not limited to: infectious/biohazard waste, needles/sharps, chemical waste, recycled waste and regular trash. Each category has its special approach to disposal. Laboratory waste must be managed according to national, regional, and local regulations. Regardless of the type of waste, it should be removed on a regular basis. Chemical waste must be handled according to the manufacturer's requirements on the Material Safety Data Sheet. Hazardous chemical disposal is regulated through regional and local governmental agencies. More 84 percent of workers looking to leave their jobs MoneyWatch Share
Is it really that bad? A new survey by Right Management, the consulting arm of staffing group Manpower, finds that a whopping 84 percent of employees are planning on searching for a new job in 2012. That compares to 60 percent of the respondents in a similar survey by Right Management conducted two years ago. The company surveyed more than 1,000 people in the U.S. and Canada. Only five percent of survey respondents said they were planning to stay in their current job. Bram Lowsky, a senior vice president at Right Management, says intent to leave is the workplace equivalent of asking if the country is heading in the right direction. In essence, employees are saying the workplace is headed in the wrong direction — very wrong. More |
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