Management of Paper-based and Electronic Laboratory Information
Manage you lab's records properly and with care using CLSI QMS22 Ed 1. This document offers recommendations for facilitating data and information entered into paper-based or electronic recordkeeping systems and managing information that is widly distributed electornically or directly to clients.
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guideline QMS22—Management of Paper-based and Electronic Laboratory Information provides guidance for managing the data and information generated and entered into paper-based or electronic recordkeeping systems (eg, patient demographics, examination results and reports, interpretations) and disseminated electronically or otherwise to users or other computer systems (e.g., verbal requests, printing, automatic faxing, e-mail, interfaces).
Scope
This guideline is intended to help laboratories meet quality management system requirements for quality system essential (QSE) Information Management. In addition to discussing the requirements for how data and information are generated and entered into paper-based or electronic recordkeeping systems, this guideline also offers suggestions and examples for meeting the intent of the requirements. This guideline is applicable to medical laboratories of any size, complexity, or specialty, including point-of-care testing. Because the concepts of information management are generic, this guideline can be used by other types of laboratories, such as public health, research, food, environmental, and veterinary. This guideline does not provide specific procedures for information management.
Product Details
QMS22Ed1
978-1-68440-016-4
78
QMS22Ed1E
978-1-68440-017-1
78
Authors
Ginger Wooster, MBA, MT(ASCP)
Suzanne H. Butch, MA, MT(ASCP)SBB
Christine M. Gryko, MT(ASCP)
Virginia Bandy
Maria Paz Carlos, DVM, PhD, MBA
Patrick Collyer
Vicki Foster
Arlene G. Lopez, MT(ASCP)
Michelle Paganini
Arno Pieter Theron
Frederick T.S. Wong, AIBM, MLT, FACBS, FHKIMLS
Lara Yourkin, MBA
Abstract
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guideline QMS22—Management of Paper-based and Electronic Laboratory Information provides guidance for managing the data and information generated and entered into paper-based or electronic recordkeeping systems (eg, patient demographics, examination results and reports, interpretations) and disseminated electronically or otherwise to users or other computer systems (e.g., verbal requests, printing, automatic faxing, e-mail, interfaces).
Scope
This guideline is intended to help laboratories meet quality management system requirements for quality system essential (QSE) Information Management. In addition to discussing the requirements for how data and information are generated and entered into paper-based or electronic recordkeeping systems, this guideline also offers suggestions and examples for meeting the intent of the requirements. This guideline is applicable to medical laboratories of any size, complexity, or specialty, including point-of-care testing. Because the concepts of information management are generic, this guideline can be used by other types of laboratories, such as public health, research, food, environmental, and veterinary. This guideline does not provide specific procedures for information management.
