We used Sunquest with the old green dummy terminals and recently transitioned to the Misys GUI for ordering cultures and micro culture entry. I still get the new name mixed up.  I don't remember 'workcards' but I can tell you we still use the 'inactivity log' to track down cultures that have received no entry in the computer.  This is pulled up ...

Efren Ventura:They don't just have better recruitment strategies but THEY ARE UNITED, unlike us, VERY FRAGMENTED! Look how many organizations and certifying bodies we got?   I have to agree with Efren but I am glad the certifying bodies have merged.  Perhaps this will help but I still see there will be continual problems with our own image of ...

Our department has an online test guide that people can access.  It also includes brief information about who is in charge of the respective labs and the testing we do but I believe it is very bare bones. It can always be improved to provide more information for our clinicians.  I would love for our lab to have our procedures online in our ...

Philip Weissman:We provide the office coordinator with statistics on ordering errors, education on changes and write detailed procedures on how things should be done.   It does make it harder when those who make the errors are not under your supervision.  You've appropriately provided information on how things should be done but perhaps it's ...

I have been peripherally following the merger through Advance.  I applaud the transition from the ambiguous MT designation to MLS.  Maybe now the programs that still remain open in the US can stop using'' Medical Technology (Clinical Laboratory Science) Program'' as their name.