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Making a Positive Impact on Patient Care: A Case Study of Children’s National Medical Center Clinical Laboratory Presentation

In this presentation, Joseph Campos of Children’s National Medical Center discusses healthcare and laboratory testing using Lean, and the 5 Lean principles that apply to the laboratory. He shares three case studies from his lab: microbiology lab workload and staffing data, microbiology incoming work cell and automated culture plate inoculation. Joe also discusses the difference between and traditional approach to microbiology testing versus a Lean approach.

Presented by Joseph Campos, Ph.D. – Director, Microbiology Laboratory, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory and Laboratory Informatics at Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

Making a Positive Impact on Patient Care: A Case Study of Children’s National Medical Center Clinical Laboratory Joseph obtained his AB, MA and PhD in Bacteriology from the University of California. Joseph is a tenured professor of pediatrics, pathology and microbiology/immunology/tropical medicine at George Washington University Medical Center and he is board certified by the American Board of Medical Microbiology. Joseph is currently service his fourth year in the elected position of Secretary of the American Society for Microbiology.

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