دورية أكاديمية

Initial Clinical Laboratory Response to COVID-19: A Survey of Medical Laboratory Professionals.

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Initial Clinical Laboratory Response to COVID-19: A Survey of Medical Laboratory Professionals.
المؤلفون: Nuñez-Argote, Letycia1 lnunezargote@kumc.edu, Baker, Dana P1, Jones, Andrew P1
المصدر: Laboratory Medicine. Jul2021, Vol. 52 Issue 4, pe115-e124. 10p.
مصطلحات موضوعية: *PATHOLOGICAL laboratories, *OCCUPATIONAL roles, *WORK environment, *CONFIDENCE intervals, *WORK, *ATTITUDE (Psychology), *CROSS-sectional method, *MULTIPLE regression analysis, *MEDICAL personnel, *SURVEYS, *QUALITATIVE research, *EXPERIENTIAL learning, *QUESTIONNAIRES, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics, *EMPLOYEES' workload, *JOB satisfaction, *DATA analysis software, *ODDS ratio, *COVID-19 pandemic, *WORLD Wide Web, *EDUCATIONAL attainment
الشركة/الكيان: AMERICAN Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
مستخلص: Objective To explore the experiences of medical laboratory professionals (MLPs) and their perceptions of the needs of clinical laboratories in response to COVID-19. Methods We surveyed laboratory professionals working in United States clinical laboratories during the initial months of the pandemic. Results Overall clinical laboratory testing and overtime work for laboratorians decreased during the first months of the pandemic. Laboratory professionals reported better or unchanged job satisfaction, feelings toward their work, and morale in their workplace, which were related to healthcare facility and laboratory leadership response. They reported receiving in-kind gifts, but no hazard pay, for their essential work. Important supply needs included reagents and personal protective equipment (PPE). Conclusion The response by healthcare facilities and laboratory leadership can influence MLPs job satisfaction, feelings toward their work, and laboratory morale during a pandemic. Current COVID-19 laboratory testing management, in the absence of sufficient reagents and supplies, cannot fully address the needs of clinical laboratories. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
قاعدة البيانات: Academic Search Index
الوصف
تدمد:00075027
DOI:10.1093/labmed/lmab021