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G R Elwell

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PubMed1980

What is productivity?

Effective laboratory management and planning requires an evaluation of current levels of activity, review of past experience, and projection of future trends. This need can be met in large part by measuring workload, and if the method of measurement is codified into a system, comparative studies among cooperating laboratories can be made. In this article, the authors describe and compare three such systems for measuring workload, and review standards for productivity which various authors have provided in the past.

Efficiency↗
PubMed1979

Forecasting: which type is for you?

Planning--one of the most important functions of laboratory management--cannot be done efficiently without forecasts of external and internal conditions that affect the laboratory. The successful Delphi Method for external forecasting of technological events is discussed. The internal forecasting methods covered in this report include judge and jury methods, time series analysis, and regression models. A brief description of each of these methods is presented along with information on accuracy, typical applications, costs, and references that provide the details of how to perform the forecasts.

Humans↗
PubMed1977

An analysis of cost studies performed in public health laboratories.

From 1973 to 1976, 23 public health laboratories performed cost accounting studies with the assistance of the Laboratory Management Consultation Office, Center for Disease Control. Cose data obtained in 16 of these laboratories were used as the basis of a discussion on the identification of indirect expenses and the method of reapportioning these costs to the diagnostic testing sections of the laboratories. Calculations of cost-per-weighted units and cost-per-test of some laboratory diagnostic sections are presented. A laboratory administrator can gain some insight into the effectiveness of resource utilization within his own laboratory by identifying cost center expenditures and considering differences in cost-per-weighted unit among the various revenue-producing sections. With the currently available data, no significant relationship between indirect costs and overall laboratory cost-per-weighted unit was demonstrated. It is hoped that additional data can be gathered and other indices developed which will help laboratory management to more precisely identify and then control indirect costs.

Accounting↗