3.3.3-1 Customer Service 2024

Illuminating the Path to ISO 15189 (SLMTA 3) e-Learning Course Download Video
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PURPOSE:

The laboratory is a service organization and its primary reason for existence is to care for patients.  In this activity, following sensitization to the patient’s perspective, participants are provided tools for developing a customer friendly laboratory.

KEY MESSAGES:

  • Patient care is why laboratories exist. Laboratorians must strive to ensure the quality of services.
  • The extent to which customer expectations are met or not must be determined by querying.
  • Customer satisfaction data will be critical to improve laboratory service.

SELF ASSESSMENT:

Can you:

  • Perceive the patient’s point of view?
  • Use the tools provided to assess customer satisfaction?
  • Use the tools provided to improve customer service?

Instructor(s)

Beatrice van der Puije

Ms. van der Puije helped redesign the classroom-based SLMTA 3 curriculum for on-line delivery and will serve as an instructor and facilitator of the e-learning course. Based in Ghana, Ms. van der Puije is a Public Health Program Manager at African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), a pan-African organisation strengthening medical laboratory networks and systems in Africa. Ms. van der Puije is a certified QMS Trainer, with a Master of Science Degree in Medical Immunology and Microbiology. She is a SLMTA master trainer and has trained numerous laboratorians in the past decade.

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Course contents

Course Overview
PATH OF WORKFLOW
3.0 QMS 3 Overview 1 video · 11 min
QMS 3 Introduction
3.1 Pre-Examination 7 videos · 46 min
Specimen Management
Packaging Specimens for Shipment to Referral Sites
Tracking Referral Specimens
3.2 Examination 14 videos · 1 h 4 min
Overview of Examination Phase
Using Standard Operating Procedures
Is QC That Important
Is There More to QC Than Just Plotting the Data?
3.3 Post-Examination 6 videos · 27 min
Validation of Test Results
Is the Test Report Ready to be Released?
Customer Service
Meet the Clinician