Speaker:
Jieli shirley li. co-director of clinical chemistry & toxicology laboratory/assistant professor of pathology. the Ohio state university.
Jieli Shirley Li, MD, PhD, holds the position of Assistant Professor-Clinical within the Department of Pathology and serves as Co-Director of the Clinical Chemistry & Toxicology Laboratory. Dr. Li obtained her MD and PhD degrees from the Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine and completed her fellowship training in clinical chemistry at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. Her professional interests center around enhancing laboratory tests for the in vitro diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment planning of cancer, endocrine disorders, and cardiovascular diseases.
Dr. Li has authored over 40 scientific articles and contributed as an Ad Hoc reviewer for 20 different scientific journals. She also plays a vital role in participating in guidelines writing for the Clinical & Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) and serving on the Expert Panel Committee of CLSI. Furthermore, Dr. Li contributes to the field as an inspector for the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and is actively involved with CAP’s Chemistry Committee.
Overview:
There are 8 clinical laboratories in multiple locations in the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. The standardization in pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical phases in all the 8 labs dramatically improve quality, lower cost, provide better efficiency and equivalence of patient results, as well as cross-training of staff members. These gains carry over to improved quality of care and patient satisfaction. The approaches/experience to bringing standardization will also be shared and discussed.
Objectives:
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe the advantages of standardization in clinical laboratory services, including but not limited to instrumentation, quality management and workflows.
- Address common challenges encountered in the process of implementing laboratory standardization.
- Implement practical approaches to assess the comparability of patient results within one healthcare system.