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Laboratory Centralization: Insights from the Literature and UWMC-Northwest

Clinical laboratory centralization (or consolidation) continues to be a common practice in both commercial and non-profit laboratories and health systems. Centralization has the potential to bring improvements in harmonization, quality, scope of test menu, specialty expertise, and costs. Risks include delays in turn-around-time, logistical challenges, and removal of the clinical laboratory as part of the core health care team within a hospital. This presentation reviews some core concepts of laboratory management as it pertains to laboratory centralization and highlights key examples from the literature and the University of Washington Medical Center-Northwest campus. After viewing this lecture, participants should be able to: 1. Discuss the goals of standardization, harmonization, and centralization of laboratory testing. 2. Identify top obstacles to centralization of laboratory testing. 3. Identify key components of successful centralization of laboratory testing. Andrew Bryan, MD, PhD Medical Director, University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) Clinical Laboratories Interim Medical Director, UWMC-Northwest Pathology Laboratory Assistant Director of Clinical Microbiology Assistant Professor Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology University of Washington 5/11/22