QMS 3 - PATH OF WORKFLOW

3.3.3-3 Customer Service Activity 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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