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Give Examples of The Different Characteristics of Laboratory System Applied in The Laboratory

The document discusses the characteristics of laboratory systems as organizational systems. It provides 6 key characteristics: 1) Laboratories have interconnected parts that are dependent and supportive of each other; 2) Laboratories have clearly defined primary tasks such as processing specimens and providing test results; 3) Laboratory components and specializations change over time with advances in technology and needs; 4) Laboratories operate as open systems that receive specimens and deliver results; 5) Laboratories seek stability and equilibrium in their operations; and 6) Laboratories require self-regulation mechanisms to meet quality standards and turnaround times.

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Give Examples of The Different Characteristics of Laboratory System Applied in The Laboratory

The document discusses the characteristics of laboratory systems as organizational systems. It provides 6 key characteristics: 1) Laboratories have interconnected parts that are dependent and supportive of each other; 2) Laboratories have clearly defined primary tasks such as processing specimens and providing test results; 3) Laboratory components and specializations change over time with advances in technology and needs; 4) Laboratories operate as open systems that receive specimens and deliver results; 5) Laboratories seek stability and equilibrium in their operations; and 6) Laboratories require self-regulation mechanisms to meet quality standards and turnaround times.

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Genove, Ericka A.

LAB MAN M-4:30-6:30


BMLS II-II 04-13-20

Give examples of the different characteristics of laboratory system applied in the


laboratory.
-Similar to any organizational systems it is always been a structure that outlines any process
and activities that are probably directed in order to achieve a specific and common goal.
Laboratories are an excellent sample of organization as a system that follows a certain work
flow, protocol and process that any organizations will consider thus some of the
characteristics of an organizational system also applies greatly to the laboratory.

These characteristics include:


1. ) They are made up of any interconnected parts that are both dependent and supportive
of each other;that is they are holistic and synergestic with clearly defined boundaries
-The laboratory is a place where specimens such as blood and any other body fluids,
tissues,feces etc are collected from individuals and are subjected for processing, analyzing,
preservation and also proper disposal. Thus a need for different personnel such as medical
laboratory scientist, pathologist, medical technicians and other personnels are necessary to
work together and each balance their own function and role inside the laboratory to come
up with accurate and reliable results that will eventually be used as a basis for diagnosis of
certain diagnoses and other pathologic examinations. Furthermore the usage of laboratory
equipments and materials, such include: reagents and technological devices in the
laboratory like microscope and centrifuge that mainly aids in the analyzation of any
specimens given. Inside the workplace are also the presence of the different sections of the
laboratory that is differentiated and separated in accordance to their performed function and
characteristic. All of these factors are working dependently however are supportive of each
other, meaning in order for the workplace to function properly there is a process of linking
manpower, technological resources and other items that are of capital together. Once each
of these elements respect each other’s boundaries such system typically improves
efficiency and accountability throughout the organization, all working in perfect harmony.

2. )They have a purposeful activity or primary tasks


-The laboratory is a facility or a system that provide controlled conditions in which scientific
or technological research, experiments and measurements are performed. Once a
laboratory receives a certain specimen this will be subjected to specific examinations and
tests in accordance to its needs and eventually will provide results and the results obtained
from the clinical laboratory tests are used to diagnose disease, determine appropriate
therapies, detect toxins, monitor therapeutic drug concentrations and assess overall health.
These results will have a great influence over medical decisions. Thus the processing of
these laboratory results wouldn’t be possible without the staffs performing their function. For
example medical scientists task is to perform a full range of laboratory tests, confirming the
accuracy of test results and reporting laboratory findings to pathologists and other physicians
on the other hand the role of a laboratory technician is to be under the supervision of the
laboratory scientist and perform only general tasks.

3. ) The internal components change and become progressively more specialized at the
organization size and sophistication.
-Innovation in laboratory technology is coping up with the arising discovery of new diseases
and in the field of pathology that requires advances of both laboratory tests and equipment.
Laboratory technology is often at the forefront of medical advances because of the
changing needs in health. The advances in the tests and equipment as well as testing
techniques has made testing and acquiring of results more efficient and automated. These
greatly increases the capabilities of the laboratory and give results more accurately than
ever before, one example of the advances inside the laboratory includes the utilization of
cloud technology, in some advancer laboratory that already has the budget and space,
certain new laboratory equipment has the ability to record data and submit it to the cloud.
Similarly the equipment can alert a scientist or laboratory technician when something goes
wrong.

4. ) Organizations operate as open systems, actively interacting with their environment by


receiving and delivering products and services.
-As I’ve mentioned, the laboratory accurately functions as subsystems of the hospital and
health care systems thus they should function as an open system properly interacting with its
environment by receiving and delivering products and services. They receive specimens that
are given to them and in return provide results. As open systems they are automated that
allow for the inclusion of hardware, software and instrumentation from many vendors.
Because of this they offer more flexibility for instrumentation choices and allows a greater
degree of accommodation for any changes that maybe defined over time. Discoveries are
also shared, innovations and advances are properly disseminated to the laboratories in
general regardless of location and place.

5. ) Much like natural systems, organizations appear to seek a state of stability, or


equilibrium.
-Sometimes effective health care requires stability in the delivery of results as well as the
processing of the specimens inside the laboratory.This requires a partnership not just within
the laboratory staffs but as well as the patients, physicians and other health care
professionals to be in a state of stability and equilibrium, organizations such as laboratory
systems should properly be aware as to what extent they could provide. For example
challenges and obstacles are still observed in the laboratory especially when following turn
around time, toxicity and pressure is merely inevitable, sometimes such changes requires a
paradigm shift for the laboratory, that is everyone must take responsibility within the total
testing process to work together and achieve a patient-oriented results to ensure stability
and equilibrium.

6. ) To meet each of the previous characteristics, the organization must have a mechanism
for self regulation.
- In order to maintain a stable work flow and process as well as delivery of services and
results in the laboratory, certain mechanism for self-regulation is important for that to happen
everyone must know the standards of desirable behaviour, every laboratory personnel must
work hand in hand and altogether to properly perform each of their specific function and
each should properly cope up with changes in pressure inside the laboratory, another
mechanism for self regulation in the laboratory is to recognize and have the motivation to
reach standards an important role of a laboratory system is to provide accurate results and
in order to regulate the production of these test results, time is put into consideration,
separating the urgent ones to the less urgent ones(specimens to be examined) should be
observed. Usage of automation and technology for ease of testing is also one mechanism
for self-regulation inside the laboratory. Another example is they monitor situations and
materials that precede breaking standards, observance of the proper PPE inside the
laboratory is important as well as evaluation of the reagents used for examinations should
also be monitored to ensure quality in the services delivered. For it to have a mechanism for
self-regulation the laboratory must consider its willpower, internal strength, and control
urges. Thus reminding that they should only take specimens they could properly process
and handle with accuracy and reliability.

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