Current Trend in Lab Management

             Change management discipline that guides how we prepare, equip and support individual to adopt. Individual change management how people experience change and what they need to change successfully. Organizational change management identify gropus and people who will need to change as result of project and it what they will need to change. Enterprise change management capability provides competetive differentiatiation and ability to adapt.

          5 Core Operational Strategies

                    Corporate strategy

          Customer Driven strategy

                 Developing core competence

          Competetive priorities

                 PWD and Service development

            The evolution of the laboratory has changed from the closed lab module design, which was the standard in the past, into a fully open and integrated element in scientific research. It reflects the change in our economy, our environment, and the relationship that science has with the community at large. In the end, each trends will lead to improved and efficient facilities that contribute to the communities they serve and bring science to more people, which in turn, benefits everyone.

Financial Management

             Financial management refers to specific planning of the usage and management of a company's financial resources to attain its objectives as a business concern and return maximum value to shareholders. Strategic financial management involves precisely defining a company's business objectives, identifying and quantifying its resources, devising a plan for utilizing and other resources to achieve its goals, and establishing procedures for collecting and analyzing data, making financial decisions, and tracking and analyzing  between budgeted and actual results to identify problems and take appropriate corrective actions.

                                                 Lab budgeting process

Financial planning management needs to ensure that enough funding is available at the right time to meet the  needs of the business. Financial control helps the business ensure that the meeting its objectives.

3 Seperate budgets are developed during the budgeting process

          Operating management

          Capital budget

          Cash budget

Financial management of your small business encompasses more than keeping an accurate set of books and balancing your business checking account. You must manage your finances so you don’t overspend and so you remain prepared for all expenditures, as well as profit distributions. Your financial management responsibilities affect all aspects of your business. A company that sells well but has poor financial management can fail.

Safety Equipment in the Laboratory

                                           

         One of the important rule is to follow the protocol of the laboratory, so you should know what are the protective equipment in the lab to avoid accident also to prevent further damage. Fire blanket can be used to smother a fire. Safety shower in case of fire you pull the overhead handle and remove clothing that may be contaminated with chemicals. Sterile gloves provide a temporary layer of protection and are permeable to some substances.

          Chemical spill treatment kit when a chemical spill on the lab bench or on the floor. Goggles you cannot work without goggles because it may squirt to your eyes will be affected may lead to blindness. First aid kit available in the lab for minor cuts and scrapes. Fire extingusiher PULL, AIM, SQUEEZE, and SWEEP are the keywords that can you use if there is a accidental fire. Fume hood carries away vapors from reagents or reactions you may be working with.

Some safety codes we should be familiar:

RA 9003 – Ecological solid waste management act of 2000

RA 6969 – Toxic Substance and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control act of 1990

RA 8749 – Philippine Clean Air act of 1999

RA 9275 – Philippine Clean Water act of 2004

          Be reminded Any time chemicals, heat, or glassware are used, MTs will wear safety goggles. Long hair, dangling jewelry, and loose or baggy clothing are a hazard in the laboratory. Long hair must be tied back, and dangling jewelry and baggy clothing must be secured.

                                                              MY INSIGHTS

                 As I started the sem I thought that Lab Man will be not helpful in our course but then, I realized the essence why we took this subject. I've learned that the foundation of all is PLANNING wherein we anticipate the future and either shape it to their own ends or prepare , it will all boils down to planning because if you don't have plan or goal the project you will be making will be worthless. You should also consider in building your own laboratory if you are good enough to be a manager you should be good as A PERSON, A SERVANT and as A REPRESENTATIVE.

                 In building your own lab you should also know how many, and who are the staff you will be needing. Staffing determining personnel and job needs, recruiting qualified staff, matching with appropriate job, and training. In line with this you will be needing persons who will help you in building and working, making a ORGANIZATION together you will all accomplish your one GOAL which is giving a QUALITY , PRECISE and ACCURATE test results to people.

                 It is crucial to COMMUNICATE effectively in negotiations to ensure you achieve your goals. Ways to improve communications are you are a good listener, empathy and also repetition. In planning your laboratory in the future you take it to consideration the LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM wherein it incorporates all of the aspects of the informational needs of the lab and its customers, from the intake of requests for services to the processing of work flow and the delivery of results.

            And lastly to ensure the quality of service you should always check the capability of your machines. Quality assurance actions necessary to provide enough confidence that a product or service will satisfy the given requirements for quality. Developed out of the limitations of the QC approach and defined quality in health care institutions by the success of the total organization in achieving the goals of patient care. Lab management is a good guide on how and where to put up your laboratory. 

            "We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress."

                                                -Tennessee Williams