Errors in clinical bacteriology laboratory can always be reduced but never avoided. With that, what steps can be done once an error has occurred?
Great day, Ron!
To answer your question, as we are very much aware, errors can be both prevented but some come often as inevitable. However to reduce the possibilities of risk in the laboratory, the best way to go about errors varies in several ways.
1. Conditioning the mind. As Medical Laboratory Scientists, having to handle such hazardous substances and delicate machines in the lab, it is of grave importance for us to be mindful of our tasks and focus on our goal in order to prevent distractions which often lead to mistakes hence, we must condition our minds before even entering the laboratory. Execute carefully and properly.
2. Be knowledgeable on how to troubleshoot. When errors occur, it is important to know how to re-strategize on how to go about the situation at hand. If per se, a mistake was committed, it is important for us Medical Laboratory Scientists to know how to re-route our steps in order to finish the task.
3. Quality assurance. Given that possibilities of "false positive" or "false negative" results are more often than usual, it is important to conduct quality assurance testing and control or at least reassure that the test results we, Medical Laboratory Scientists, report are provided with precision and accuracy.
These are only some examples but I hope this helps! :)) Ron Koddy Mana-ay Ramos
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