Document Control Software: Q-Pulse for Laboratory Accreditation

Clinical Laboratory Governance Director

As Clinical Governance Director you have overall responsibility for Clinical Governance. You are responsible for continually improving the quality of your services whilst safeguarding high standards of care and creating an environment which aims for clinical excellence throughout the organization. These principles are the foundation for laboratory accreditation and while nobody within the healthcare environment will argue with the principles of accreditation or doubt it is an ideal to which they should strive, the problem is in the detail. Concerns quickly emerge regarding costs and the bureaucracy of achieving and maintaining laboratory accreditation.

But rather than approaching accreditation as a necessary yet costly activity it should be viewed as a driving force to increase the accuracy of diagnosis, and to identify and manage improvement opportunities. This will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of both the laboratory and those dependent on its services. Rather than a drain on your budgets, value can be extracted from compliance but it requires input from all individuals in the organization. They must be encouraged to accept ownership of the accreditation system and recognise their role in delivering improvement.

Developed by the Quality Management professionals, Q-Pulse will:

• Help you achieve and manage laboratory accreditation cost effectively.
• Make your organization more efficient by reducing the time and effort required to maintain the laboratory system.
• Present opportunities to continually improve the organization.