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Facebook Feedback: Changes and Improvements
August 17, 2011 10:33 AM by Matthew T. Patton
If you're not following us on Facebook , you're missing a lot of fun feedback. If you are, keep following and spread the word! The conversations are far from over. We asked Facebook fans: "If you could ask for one improvement in your lab, what would it Read More...
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COLA Cares Week 2011
August 10, 2011 11:26 PM by Matthew T. Patton
At COLA, we’re all part of the same work community. Together we help promote patient safety by promoting lab excellence. Considering that lab testing impacts more than 70 percent of diagnostic decisions, the COLA community’s efforts impact a lot of people. Read More...
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Don't Laugh at Me
July 31, 2011 4:31 PM by Matthew T. Patton
Guest post by Anthony L. DeWitt Every healthcare worker tends to have a gallows sense of humor. It comes from the nearly constant exposure to pain, suffering, death and dying. Without an ability to laugh at the bad things that happen every day, no health Read More...
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Social Responsibility
July 19, 2011 10:11 PM by Matthew T. Patton
An article I read recently at CNN.com noted basically there are two types of people in life: those who kick the grocery store cart up on the curb and drive off or those who return the cart to the store (or, I assume, to the cart corral). I'm the latter. Read More...
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Editorial: Strike Against Point of Care?
July 16, 2011 10:29 PM by Matthew T. Patton
A Pennsylvania Department of Health report revealed that a patient died at a hospital after discrepant blood sugar results allegedly went unrecognized and, worse yet, unreported to doctors. This post-transplant patient allegedly died as a result of low Read More...
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Case Studies, Best Practices
June 2, 2011 7:01 PM by Matthew T. Patton
Case studies, best practices, lessons learned, written material, guidelines, how-to manuals, technical explanations—those are the types of articles and documents we are looking to publish in print and online. It’s a great time to get published to really Read More...
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Help Us Plan Our 2012 Calendar
May 13, 2011 10:47 AM by Matthew T. Patton
It is hard to believe that nearly half of the year 2011 has come and gone. Summer is just days away. Starting this month, the ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals team is already looking at our calendars with our eyes on 2012. As we are doing Read More...
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What Qualities Do You Admire in a Coworker?
December 26, 2010 7:41 PM by Matthew T. Patton
Think back to all of the coworkers you’ve had throughout the years. What makes for a bad coworker? Is it the coworker who was so infatuated with herself that she didn’t ever make time to speak to you? Is it the one who you constantly caught "fibbing"? Read More...
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Memorable (Not Regrettable) Holiday Parties
December 19, 2010 5:45 PM by Matthew T. Patton
By Michael L. Smith, JD, RTT The time from Thanksgiving through the New Year is a popular time for companies and individuals to host parties. I doubt any social host intends for their event to become regrettable, but most of us remember at least one holiday Read More...
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'Those Hooligans!'
September 9, 2010 9:42 AM by Amanda Koehler
My grandpa owns an auto repair shop. Recently, a skateboard park was built for the youth in his town ... right across the street from his shop. He was voicing his displeasure about it to me, and was worried "those hooligans" might cause trouble so close Read More...
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Business and Pleasure
September 2, 2010 10:20 AM by Amanda Koehler
When I was really young, my dad, who is a tire salesman, had a bunch of company conferences in Orlando, FL. Twice, my mother and I went with him. It was the first of my many times visiting Disney World, and I really enjoyed it (despite what this picture Read More...
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Oh, @#$!
June 18, 2010 9:05 AM by Amanda Koehler
When I was five, I ran home from playing with my next door neighbors in tears. My parents were concerned that I appeared so upset, and they asked what was wrong. I told them that the neighborhood boys had used the "f" word. My parents got a little angry Read More...
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When Not to E-mail
June 7, 2010 10:34 AM by Amanda Koehler
I can't remember a time without e-mail. Maybe that's because I got my first e-mail address at age 12. Nevertheless, e-mail has changed the way we communicate. It's made communication faster and easier. It also saves time: instead of calling all three Read More...
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A Random Act of Kindness
June 4, 2010 9:31 AM by Amanda Koehler
During my ninth grade journalism class, my teacher had us read a poem about random acts of kindness. She told us to perform a random act of kindness that month, which I thought was a neat assignment. Kindness, whether random or otherwise, is one of those Read More...
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Mind Your Manners
June 2, 2010 9:59 AM by Amanda Koehler
When you were a child, your parents most likely taught you how to use the word "please" (and like many young kids, at the time you probably cutely said "peas" instead). And I'm sure as you've gotten older, you've realized the importance of what your parents Read More...
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