Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality

There's Still Time…..A Professional Opportunity Is Calling YOU!

DID YOU KNOW…..
• In 2017 Medical Laboratory Professionals produced approximately 13.8 billion laboratory tests, and this number has been increasing by 5-10% each year
• Every nine minutes, someone in a U.S. hospital dies due to a healthcare related medical diagnosis that was wrong or delayed
• Each year, diagnostic errors affect 12 million adults in outpatient settings and are the most common cause of medical errors reported by patients
• Preventable diagnostic errors harm more than 4 million Americans and contribute to an estimated 40,000-80,000 American deaths per year

Your ASCLS Patient Safety Committee is a high energy and progressive committee that continuously pursues and achieves goals to support improved healthcare outcomes and patient safety.

You are invited to become a Patient Safety Committee (PSC) volunteer participant/observer – RIGHT NOW! We'd love to have you!
Note: This is not the same as the annually appointed 3-yr term Patient Safety Committee member. If you would like to serve as an appointed committee member, watch for the ASCLS announcement on open Volunteer Opportunities in the new year.

As a PSC volunteer participant/observer:
How to Get Involved or Ask More Questions about Becoming an Active Volunteer Participant/Observer –
Contact either:
Lezlee Koch, ASCLS Patient Safety Committee Chair lezleek@sio.midco.net
Stacy Walz, ASCLS Patient Safety Committee Vice-Chair swalz@astate.edu



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Lezlee Koch, ASCLS Patient Safety Committee

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