[Histonet] Benchmarking information

[joelle weaver]

The best option is your own process mapping and time studies of these processes working in your own lab environment. It is usually easiest if you intially break it down into the preanalyic, analytic and post analytic phases and the critical variables that reduce your delivery times or contribute to impact each of the bottlenecks/delays/errors/ problems, in each phasse,   and then put these in problem statements in your  LSS project charters. It gets convoluted if you put them all in one, so I think it is best if you find one that you can target as a "quick win" and use the momentum from this for further projects. Do a detailed "as is process" map  from your current data and then work on streamlining by elimination of those items to build a more standardized and improved " how you want it to be" process map. This becomes your SOP more or less for the new procedure.  I know you wanted numbers, but I guess I feel your own numbers are going to be a lot more useful.   However, there are a few references out there that are pretty detailed and are more or less case studies that have some numerical data. For example-The combined positive impact of Lean methodology and Ventana Symphony autostainer on histology lab workflow-  http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6890/10/2 This article may give you some ideas to get started. 






Joelle Weaver MAOM, HTL (ASCP) QIHC
 > Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:45:27 -0600
> From: Sheila.Tapper <@t> essentiahealth.org
> To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: [Histonet] Benchmarking information
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> We are working on a Lean/SixSigma project in our Histology Lab to
> decrease our TAT for pathology reports.  Part of this process is to
> break down the total time and look at the different stages of the
> process to help identify where waste in the process is, such as:
> 
> *	Time from receipt in lab to delivery of slides to pathologists 
> *	Time special stains are ordered to delivery of slides to
> pathologists  
> *	Etc. 
> 
> Does anyone have any benchmarking information out there to share on
> this?  Any help is appreciated.  
> 
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