Publication: Reduction of turnaround time in a hospital's clinical lababoratory by simulation modeling
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2012-01-01
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Mahidol University
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1st International Workshop on Innovative Simulation for Health Care, IWISH 2012, Held at the International Multidisciplinary Modeling and Simulation Multiconference, I3M 2012. (2012), 54-58
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K. Luangmul, J. Pichitlamken, W. Weerawat Reduction of turnaround time in a hospital's clinical lababoratory by simulation modeling. 1st International Workshop on Innovative Simulation for Health Care, IWISH 2012, Held at the International Multidisciplinary Modeling and Simulation Multiconference, I3M 2012. (2012), 54-58. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/14407
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Reduction of turnaround time in a hospital's clinical lababoratory by simulation modeling
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We develop a simulation model of a clinical laboratory for a complete blood count (CBC) test in a large private hospital. The model will be used for experimenting with new lab layouts and new work processes for the CBC test to reduce the turnaround time which is defined as total time in process. The average value from the simulation model is 72.07 ± 0.9 minute compared with 73.08 ± 22.9 minute from the empirical data. A new CBC test layout was created by the Relationship Diagram method to improve the work flow of medical technologists. The new turnaround time is reduced to 57.03 ±1.12 minutes.