EVALUATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LEAN TECHNOLOGY PRINCIPLES IN CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY

Abstract

Lean Laboratory is a lean production management and organization approach whose main goal is to optimize processes while maximizing resource utilization. The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of implementing the lean production principles in the clinical diagnostic laboratory of a multidisciplinary medical center. For the audit, two METLER TOLEDO check lists developed for medical laboratories were used: "List of 5S questions for assessing the organization of jobs in the laboratory," and "8 typical types of losses in the laboratory." The response was received from 53 employees of the Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory (CDL), Consulting and Diagnostic Center, Sakha Republic’s Hospital No. 1 - National Center of Medicine. The analysis of the obtained audit data indicated the following features: an insufficient level of knowledge and principles for the introduction of lean technologies at the workplace was noted more often in laboratory paramedics than in laboratory doctors; in young professionals aged 20-29 years than in their older colleagues; in express laboratories than in planned departments of the CDL. Optimization of the workplace based on the method of these check lists is a promising