Administration Regulations Chapter xxiv - Loans
A loan is a debt provided by an entity (organization or individual) to another entity at an interest rate, and evidenced by a promissory note which specifies, among other things, the principal amount of money borrowed, the interest rate the lender is charging, and date of repayment.
Administration Regulations Chapter xxxii - Political RightsRavi Kumudesh
Administration Regulations Chapter xxxii - Political Rights
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the society and state without discrimination or repression.
Administration Regulations Chapter xxiv - Loans
A loan is a debt provided by an entity (organization or individual) to another entity at an interest rate, and evidenced by a promissory note which specifies, among other things, the principal amount of money borrowed, the interest rate the lender is charging, and date of repayment.
Administration Regulations Chapter xxxii - Political RightsRavi Kumudesh
Administration Regulations Chapter xxxii - Political Rights
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the society and state without discrimination or repression.
Climbing Over the Graduate Service - උගුලෙන් ගැලවමු !!!Ravi Kumudesh
The document discusses climbing over the graduate service in the Sri Lankan medical laboratory. It outlines the current categories for diploma holders and graduate medical laboratory technologists. It proposes rationalizing experience requirements and categorizing promotion and posts to establish a graduate service. The future plan involves using trade unions, professional associations, and colleges to achieve this goal. The next steps are outlined as continuing discussions on June 7th.
Climbing Over the Graduate Service - උගුලෙන් ගැලවමු !!!Ravi Kumudesh
The document discusses climbing over the graduate service in the Sri Lankan medical laboratory. It outlines the current categories for diploma holders and graduate medical laboratory technologists. It proposes rationalizing experience requirements and categorizing promotion and posts to establish a graduate service. The future plan involves using trade unions, professional associations, and colleges to achieve this goal. The next steps are outlined as continuing discussions on June 7th.
Hospital Hospitality and Strategic Management by Ravi KumudeshRavi Kumudesh
Topic;
How Delight your External and Internal Customers as a Medical Laboratory Managers
Workshop conducted by:
Education, Training and Research Division, Ministry of Health.
Lecture Delivered by:
Mr. Ravi Kumudesh - President, Sri Lanka Society for Medical Laboratory Science
Venue; Medical Research Institute
Date: On September 7, 2015
Audience:
Supervisory Managers for Medical Laboratory Service, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka.
Highlights:
“ We are the best !”
Why we continue to fool ourselves ...?
“The patient will never care how much you know, until they know how much you care !”
Essential Elements of Laboratory Management
Human resource management
Quality management
Procurement and supplies management
Laboratory equipment management
Laboratory information management
Safety and waste management
Laboratory finance management
Specific Management Skills
Handling conflicts
Motivating employees
Solving problems
Handling information
Growing and developing
Controlling the environment
Organizing and coordinating
Our mission and purpose Should be…
"To cure sometimes,
to relieve often,
to comfort always"
SLSMLS Research Day' 2016 - Introductory Speech By President (SLSMLS)Ravi Kumudesh
1) The document announces the SLSMLS Research Day 2016, with the goal of inspiring medical laboratory science through applied research.
2) It notes that Sri Lanka faces challenges like high rates of non-communicable diseases but lacks national reference ranges and genetic reference laboratories.
3) The event aims to develop 10 new researchers, publish 10 research papers per year, and resolve 10 major health sector problems by inspiring professionals to integrate research into their work.
Administration Regulations Chapter xlviii - Disciplinary Action
Staff Employee Disciplinary Action: When and How to Take It. Disciplining employees is a difficult part of supervision and management. It is important that you address performance issues as they arise and pursue a progressive approach to discipline.
Management Information System by Ravi KumudeshRavi Kumudesh
1) Management information systems (MIS) provide managers with information to support decision making and provide feedback on daily operations. MIS integrate subsystems along functional lines to provide standardized reports from stored transaction data.
2) Data is raw facts while information is data with context and meaning derived from manipulating data. Computer-based information systems take data as input, process it, and produce informative output.
3) MIS benefit organizations by providing the right information to the right people at the right time to help achieve goals and identify problems and opportunities for improvement.
Hospital Hospitality and Strategic Management by Ravi KumudeshRavi Kumudesh
This document discusses various aspects of hospital and laboratory management. It addresses the importance of delighting internal and external customers. It discusses the need to issue quality reports and avoid misjudging complaints. The most important person in a hospital is identified as the patient. Key aspects of management like planning, organizing, directing and controlling are defined. The roles, skills and competencies required of managers are also outlined.
Administration Regulations - Management Hierarchy for Ministry of HealthRavi Kumudesh
Administration Regulations - Management Hierarchy for Ministry of Health
The three levels of management typically found in an organization are low-level management, middle-level management, and top-level management. Top-level managers are responsible for controlling and overseeing the entire organization.
Developing Standerd Structure for Medical LaboratoryRavi Kumudesh
The document discusses strategies for medical laboratory technicians in Sri Lanka to advance their careers. It outlines different categories for diploma holders and graduates based on their qualifications and experience. It also presents methods for technicians to climb the career ladder, including obtaining additional education and training to enhance their skills and specialization. The document calls for developing a national health laboratory policy to standardize techniques, personnel management, equipment, and regulations. It proposes that the future plan will involve establishing a graduate service category and rationalizing experience requirements for promotions.
A blood type (also called a blood group) is a classification of blood based on the presence or absence of inherited antigenic substances on the surface of red blood cells (RBCs). These antigens may be proteins, carbohydrates, glycoproteins, or glycolipids, depending on the blood group system.
The Levels of Measurement
Nominal
Ordinal
Interval
Ratio
Sri Lanka Society For Medical Laboratory Science
Medicallaboratoryscience.sl@gmail.com / slsmls.org
Hospital Hospitality and Strategic Management Ravi Kumudesh
This document contains information about hospital hospitality and strategic management. It discusses the importance of delighting internal and external customers. It also discusses quality reports, complaints, patient satisfaction, and the importance of caring for patients. Various management topics are covered like organizational levels, efficiency, effectiveness, and the roles and responsibilities of different types of managers. Human resource management, strategic management, and developing a competitive advantage are also summarized. Key terms and concepts from management, HRM, and strategy are defined.
This document discusses various topics related to health care management and patient satisfaction. It addresses how to delight patients, provide quality service, and handle complaints effectively. It emphasizes treating the patient as the most important person and focusing on their experience. Specific tips are provided for dealing with angry patients and common patient complaints. The importance of seeing things from the patient's perspective is highlighted. Overall, the document stresses prioritizing excellent patient care, communication and satisfaction.
Cell Counting Using a Haemocytometer
Equipment & Reagents
Haemocytometer plus a supply of cover-slips
0.4% Trypan Blue stain (fresh & filtered) in phosphate buffered saline
Tally Counter
Cell Suspension
Gilson pipettes or similar
Inverted microscope (preferably phase contrast)
Procedure
1. Ensure the cover-slip and haemocytometer are clean and grease-free (use alcohol to clean).
2. Moisten (with water or exhaled breath) and affix cover-slip to the haemocytometer.
3. Look for "Newton's Rings" which indicate that the cover slip has adhered via suction to the haemocytometer. Newton's refraction rings are seen as rainbow-like rings under the cover-slip.
4. Mix equal volumes of 0.4% trypan blue stain and a well mixed cell suspension (not too vigorous) e.g. mix 100µl trypan blue stain with 100 µl cell suspension.
5. Pipette trypan blue/cell mix (approximately 10µl) at the edge of the cover-slip and allow to run under the cover slip.
6. Visualise the haemocytometer grid under the microscope, refer to figure 1 for layout of grid. Please note:
7. Trypan Blue is a "vital stain"; it is excluded from live cells.
8. Live cells appear colourless and bright (refractile) under phase contrast.
9. Dead cells stain blue and are non-refractile.
10. To aid accuracy and consistency of cell counts use counting system illustrated in figure 2.
11. Count viable (live) and dead cells in one or more large corner squares and record cell counts.
12. It is advisable to count around 40 to 70 cells to obtain an accurate cell count - therefore it may be necessary to count more than one large corner square.
13. To calculate cell concentration per ml:
Average number of cells in one large square x dilution factor* x 104
*dilution factor is usually 2 (1:1 dilution with trypan blue),
but may need to further dilute (or concentrate) cell suspensions.
104 = conversion factor to convert 10-4ml to 1ml
Calculation of Cell Viability
No. of Viable Cells Counted / Total Cells Counted (viable and dead) x 100 = % viable cells
Ravi Kumudesh / slsmls.org
Cadre Norms for Medical Laboratory Technologists 2010 - Introduction to Finan...Ravi Kumudesh
This document outlines cadre norms and staffing guidelines for medical laboratory technologists in Sri Lanka. It provides recommendations for staffing levels across various types of hospitals and laboratories, including teaching hospitals, district hospitals, specialized hospitals and units. Staffing levels are determined based on factors such as existing norms, institutional requirements, WHO guidelines and workload assessments. Recommendations are provided for management, clinical pathology, microbiology and other departments within different facility types.
Bio Whepon and COVID 19 - Is Corona Virus a Bio Weapon?Ravi Kumudesh
Is Corona Virus a Bio Weapon?
The Internet was brimming with conspiracies about the coronavirus, and, perhaps, one of the most prominent ones was that the virus could be a bioweapon.
According to an ET Prime report, a group of Chinese scientists in Canada were accused of spying and were stripped of their access to Canada’s National Microbiology Lab (NML) which is known to work on some of the most deadly pathogens.The alleged ‘policy breach’, highlighted the bioweapon program of other countries including China. Dr Francis Boyle, the creator of Bio Weapons Act, also claims that ‘the coronavirus is an offensive biological warfare weapon with DNA-genetic engineering’.Again, the claims about coronavirus being a biological weapon are unsubstantiated.
Novel Coronavirus thought to have transferred to Human from the seafood market in Wuhan, China become a one of the most dangerous viruses in the subfamily Orthocoronavirinae. According to the literature, the genome size of RNA of this viruses are greater than 20 kilobases.
Genetic engineers has committed to change the genes of some organisms to create new features of them, and this can be applied for the Coronavirus as well.
A real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR), also known as quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), is a laboratory technique of molecular biology based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). It monitors the amplification of a targeted DNA molecule during the PCR (i.e., in real time), not at its end, as in conventional PCR.
The reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is a sensitive technique for the quantification of steady-state mRNA levels, particularly in samples with limited quantities of extracted RNA, or for analysis of low level transcripts. The procedure amplifies defined mRNA transcripts by taking advantage of retroviral enzymes with reverse transcriptase (RT) activity, coupled to PCR.
Escape the trap Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura 2019Ravi Kumudesh
The document discusses implementing quality management systems and a laboratory information management system (LIMS) in a medical laboratory. It provides an overview of total quality management (TQM) principles and components of an effective LIMS. The document outlines initial steps for assessing the needs and relevance of a TQM program and LIMS for the laboratory, which include evaluating personnel qualifications, training requirements, and customizing the systems to meet the laboratory's specific needs. Key elements that must be addressed include effective communication, data protection, and standardized request forms.
Laboratory quality towards patient centered careRavi Kumudesh
1) The document discusses approaches to improving quality in medical laboratories through total quality management and patient-centered care. It focuses on reducing errors, improving processes, and meeting customer expectations through accreditation.
2) A key aspect is defining customers as both external patients and internal departments, and measuring service quality according to reliability, assurance, tangibles, empathy, and responsiveness. The goal is consistently high quality at a lower cost through patient-centered approaches.
3) Patient-centered care in medical laboratories means respecting patient values and preferences, sharing complete information, encouraging participation in care, and collaborating with patients on policies and programs. This helps improve outcomes and experiences for patients.
Total quality management for medical labs ravi kumudeshRavi Kumudesh
Ensuring establishment of QMS
Implementation and Maintain QMS
Maintain Quality policy
Assist to documentation of Quality Objective
Assist to establishment of Quality Objective
Crate awareness of users in the lab
Assist preparation, administration, dissemination and regular review of quality Manual
Assist to maintaining document Control System,
Maintain Technical Records
Assist to control clinical material
Participate to Management Review
Total Quality Management for Medical Labs - Ravi KumudeshRavi Kumudesh
Duties of Qualty Manager
Ensuring establishment of QMS
Implementation and Maintain QMS
Maintain Quality policy
Assist to documentation of Quality Objective
Assist to establishment of Quality Objective
Crate awareness of users in the lab
Assist preparation, administration, dissemination and regular review of quality Manual
Assist to maintaining document Control System,
Maintain Technical Records
Assist to control clinical material
Participate to Management Review
Accuracy of Laboratory Parameters in Management of CKD.Ravi Kumudesh
This document discusses laboratory parameters for managing chronic kidney disease (CKD). It covers direct and indirect methods of nutritional assessment, modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for CKD, types of assays including static and functional, targets for assay accuracy and precision, categories and specific tests of renal function including glomerular filtration rate (GFR) tests. It addresses factors that can interfere with creatinine levels, patient preparation, reference ranges, and interpretation of creatinine concentrations. Stages of CKD and roles in patient safety are outlined. Alternative ways to identify early CKD and approaches for the future are proposed.
Accuracy of Laboratory Parameters in Management of CKD and NCDRavi Kumudesh
New model for Health care delivery is suggesting to replace traditional health care organisational structure in Sri Lanka. This type of innovation is essential for "Non Patient" type healthcare receivers, such as "Healthy healthcare receivers" and "Risk Groups".
This topic is inspired by Secretary, CMLS.SL at the Annual Academic Sessions of DiASL on April 22, 2017.
CMLS.SL - College of Medical Laboratory Science, Sri Lanka
DiASL - Dietetic Association of Sri Lanka
The document discusses the importance of Earth's atmosphere and its composition and structure. It is composed primarily of nitrogen and oxygen and helps protect the planet from radiation. The atmosphere is divided into five layers - the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere - with properties like temperature and pressure changing with altitude. Each layer plays an important role in regulating the planet's climate and shielding its surface.
This seems to fit in with a campaign explicitly aimed at linking trade unionists with terrorist insurgents. Key trade union activists who participated in the Fort Railway Station protest on 6 February are now being publicly accused of being covert terrorist operatives. Since 8 February, posters depicting trade union leaders as traitors and terrorists have begun to appear in many parts of the country, calling for their arrest. Anton Marcus of the Free Trade Zone and General Services Employees' Union (FTZGSEU), which is affiliated to the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF), Sman Ratnapriya and Ravi Kumudesh of the Health Sector Trade Union Alliance (HSTUA), Sampath Rajitha and Raja Kannangara of the Joint Railway Trade Union Alliance (JRTUA), and Joseph Stalin of the Ceylon Teachers' Union (CTU) are among the targeted trade unionists.
Guide to Professional Success by Ravi KumudeshRavi Kumudesh
"Guide to Professional Success"
Management training for Allied Health Science internship
Lecture By, Ravi Kumudesh
President - Sri Lanka Society for Medical Laboratory Science
December 2, 2016 (1st Group)
December 9, 2016 (2nd group)
National Institute of Health Science (NIHS)
Kaluthara, Sri Lanka
This document provides tips and advice for laboratory managers. It discusses that while laboratory managers want to focus on research, their roles often involve more administrative tasks like ordering supplies, managing people and meetings. It emphasizes that leadership and management skills are important for all science careers. The document outlines that effective laboratory management involves planning with a long-term strategy, organizing people and resources, providing leadership, and controlling projects. It provides suggestions for setting clear standards, empowering lab members, celebrating successes, and finding time for fun alongside work.
This document contains an application for membership to the Sri Lanka Society for Medical Laboratory Science. It requests personal details like name, address, date of birth, and contact information. It also asks for professional details such as place of work, date of appointment, license number, and designation. Finally, it requests academic details including degrees, universities attended, and dates as well as any special trainings. The applicant agrees to abide by the rules and regulations of the Society.
Vein Viewer is a medical device that uses near-infrared light to locate veins beneath the skin and project their image in real time, improving success rates for IV insertion. It is clinically proven to reduce the number of attempts and time needed for IV starts by 50% each and double patient satisfaction. Using Vein Viewer provides benefits like more comfortable patient experiences, reduced costs from fewer supplies and staff time wasted, and avoiding risks of alternative procedures. It offers exclusive imaging modes and hands-free operation to help clinicians achieve optimal IV placement and assess insertion success before administering medications.