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Risk Management Lesson #1
Does a 4.5 Sigma score mean your lab is safe? Not necessarily. It’s a question every lab professional should be asking. For years, we’ve aimed for high sigma values, believing they were the ultimate benchmark for quality.
Risk Management Lesson #2
Imagine a world where airline pilots learned to fly on live passenger flights! Unthinkable, right? Yet, in medical laboratories, we expect technologists to manage patient risk without the benefit of a flight simulator.
Risk Management Lesson #3
Risk management is a paradigm shift from statistical quality control. Levey-Jennings charts and Westgard Rules are designed to detect changes in analytical performance — not to tell you if those changes matter.
Risk Management Lesson #4
Risk management is a science that transcends traditional quality control in medical laboratories. This risk simulator models the information in RiskGATOR™ software.
Risk Management Lesson #5
Risk management answers five critical questions
Risk Management Lesson #6
The scientific comparison of EFLM Vision and RiskGATOR software. Finally, the value of the laboratory can be recognized and quantified.
Risk Metrics provide a clearer picture than Sigma Metrics: Math Lesson #1
Let’s start this series of math lessons with a short history of sigma in medical labs — and why sigma alone doesn’t tell the whole story.
News Release – Risk Management MasterClass
Our free AWEsome Numbers Risk Management MasterClass has been rescheduled to August or September 2026. Registration details and the updated schedule are coming soon.
Change vs. Failure
Do you still assume all QC flags indicate clinical failure? In fact, change can be for the better or the worse. Learn to tell the difference — and stop delaying patient results unnecessarily.
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