QMS 4 - EVALUATION & CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT

4.1.4-1 Introduction

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

In this session, participants learn how to categorize individual NCEs to determine the appropriate action to be taken based on risk analysis.

Participants also learn how to index and sort the event information in an occurrence log so that systematic trend and pattern recognition can be performed periodically to identify underlying process problems.

KEY MESSAGES:

  • The NCE log indexes the individual events into similar groupings that can be used to detect patterns and trends.
  • To utilize the NCE log effectively for aggregate analysis, the log must be kept up-to-date.
  • Risk analysis is used to characterize the NCE and determine the next course of action.

SELF ASSESSMENT:

Can you:

  • Describe how to analyze risk to characterize the NCE and determine the next course of action?
  • Describe how-to perform periodic sorting using an electronic spreadsheet?

Instructor(s)

Elde Mel Paladar

Mr. Paladar led the redesign of 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 Malawi, he is a Project Manager at Adventist Health International, as well as Assistant Professor at the Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Loma Linda University. Mr. Paladar has a Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He is a SLMTA master trainer and has trained numerous laboratorians in the past decade.


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