The CLIA maze: regs offer staffing flexibility, but issue has many sides
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The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment of 1988 is forcing medical labs to define training and educational standards for lab personnel. The law now allows individuals with a high school diploma to conduct highly complex tests under qualified supervision. About 60% to 70% of lab tests require moderately complex tests and can be performed by any worker with proper on-the-job training. Physicians, hospitals and testing equipment manufacturers are now caught in a debate with medical technologist groups over the appropriate credentials for lab personnel.
Publication Name: Hospitals
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 0018-5973
Year: 1993
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Clinical contracting: CEOs see demand for specialized skills, advanced services
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The 1992 Hospital Contract Services Survey indicates that 43.2% of hospitals use contract services. 973 hospitals contract for physical therapy, and 803 contract for biomedical engineering. 52% of clinical contractors report to the chief operating officer of the hospital. Hospitals which don't use clinical contracts maintain they can operate their own department as well and at less expense. To counteract these views, clinical contractors are offering added value by taking over such tasks as billing patients and revising payment systems.
Publication Name: Hospitals
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 0018-5973
Year: 1992
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Looking for safer needle devices: experts say the task is complex
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Accidental needlesticks by medical personnel are costly both in terms of financial loss and emotional strain. The design and misuse of syringes have both contributed to the estimated one million needlestick injuries sustained by healthcare workers annually. Of these, only 2% involve exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus, and only 50-80 of those exposed eventually contract the virus. Manufacturers are producing new safer hypodermic needles, and personnel must be trained in their use.
Publication Name: Hospitals
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 0018-5973
Year: 1992
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