A laboratory director needs to decide what tests to offer and when to make them available. Some tests need to be done in-house while others may be better to send out to a reference laboratory.
Questions that need to be answere:
(1) to bring a test in-house or not
(2) to restrict availability (batch, etc) or not
(3) to have the test available STAT
Parameters:
(1) frequency requested
(2) profit or loss to perform
(3) difficulty to set-up
(4) complexity to perform
(5) medical need
(6) ability to wait for result
(7) reliability
economic product =
= (frequency factor) * (profit or loss factor)
Parameter |
Desirable to Perform |
Undesirable to Perform |
economics |
makes money |
loses money |
difficulty |
easy |
very difficult |
medical need |
high |
low |
able to wait for a result |
unable |
able |
reliability |
high |
low |
Specialty: Clinical Laboratory
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