Technical Consulting Services
Universal Laboratory Logistics offers comprehensive technical consulting services to support laboratories in various aspects of their operations.
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Our services include licensure and accreditation maintenance and updates, ensuring that your laboratory meets all regulatory requirements and remains in compliance.
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We also assist with personnel hiring, scheduling, training and documented competencies to ensure that your staff is well-trained and competent in their roles.
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Our monthly analyzer and instrument documentation review helps identify any issues or areas for improvement. We also provide proficiency testing performance evaluation, quality assessments, and preparation for inspections and surveys.
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Additionally, we facilitate monthly meetings with testing staff, medical directors, and lab stakeholders to address any concerns and ensure effective communication and collaboration.
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With our technical consulting services, we streamline processes and maximizing resources, so your laboratory can operate efficiently, maintain high quality standards, achieve optimal performance, and increase profitability.
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Licensure/Accreditation Maintenance and Updates
Maintaining active licensure and accreditation status, reporting correct tests, instruments and test volumes, and making changes to licensure as needed for additional tests, change in director, location and/or contact information.
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Personnel Scheduling, Training, and Documented Competencies
Assistance with personnel hiring, scheduling, training, and documented competencies are essential to a well run laboratory. These continuous processes must be maintained efficiently to meet regulatory and documentation criteria for testing personnel.
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Analyzer/Instrument Document Review
Monthly review of analyzer calibration verifications, calibrations, maintenance, correlation reports, monthly quality control (QC) and Levey-Jennings (L-J) charts monitor the overall performance of the laboratory instrumentation and accuracy of testing.
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Proficiency Testing Performance Evaluation
Monitoring to ensure correct proficiency testing sample receiving procedures, test performance, and summary review of evaluation reports and corrective action taken if needed.
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Quality Assessments
Monthly review of quality indicators and reports as determined by regulations, facility, and goals of the laboratory, to include, personnel status, analyzer/instrument documents review, proficiency testing performance evaluations, LIS/EHR issues, test volumes to billing/reimbursement assessment, critical results documentation, and corrective action incidents, if needed.
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Inspection/Survey Preparation and Participation
Preparation and participation for initial and biennial inspections, to include, an off-year mock inspection. Monthly or bimonthly on-site audits serve as mini-mock inspections throughout the year.
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Monthly Round Table with Medical Director and Personnel
Monthly round tables with the laboratory testing team and separately with the laboratory medical director, administrator, and any additional key stakeholders in the operation of the laboratory. These meetings brief the entire team on the overall status of the laboratory and provide opportunity to discuss any issues, plans or goals for the department.
