Laboratory errors have a significant impact on patient safety. The manufacturers of in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products play an important role in the reduction of laboratory errors by ensuring the highest possible safety and efficacy of their products...
Keywords: design for Six Sigma, Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC), evacuated tubes, in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products, laboratory errors, New Product Development, patient safety, preanalytical variables, product development, Six Sigma
06/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterSix Sigma is a global management strategy introduced to the industrial world in the 1980s...
Keywords: clinical laboratories, processes, Quality Control, Six Sigma
06/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter