Increased effectiveness of urinalysis testing via the integration of automated instrumentation, the lean management approach, and autoverification

In 2014, the Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand developed and implemented a new process that uses fully automated instrumentation, the lean management approach, and autoverification to improve the productivity and efficiency of the urinalysis workflow process. The aim of this study was to evaluate analytical turnaround time compared with our old urinalysis workflow process and our new urinalysis workflow process that was launched in 2014.

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