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nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts) Fri May 20, 2016, 09:09 PM May 2016

LABCORP Putting Patient Safety at Risk [View all]

Last edited Fri May 20, 2016, 10:53 PM - Edit history (1)

May 20, 2016 (San Diego) There are allegations that LABCORP, one of our largest clinical labs in San Diego, is putting patient safety at risk. They are also not listening to their employees, who have told them how to solve most of the issue. It comes down to one word: Staffing.

According to Latricia Upole, a former employee of the company, and a phlebotomist, “short staffing is one of the biggest issue at all the LABCORPs. A lot of the sites are very understaffed, which causes very long wait times.” These wait times can be as long as a few hours.

It is not like labor matters, well except to Omaha Steve, but we gotta try

https://reportingsandiego.com/2016/05/20/labcorp-putting-patient-safety-at-risk/

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LABCORP Putting Patient Safety at Risk [View all] nadinbrzezinski May 2016 OP

LABCORP is not having a good week DJ13 May 2016 #1

I will have to read on that nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #4

Same reason there are long lines at airports. Huge staff cuts at Homeland Security thanks to GOP. Jitter65 May 2016 #22

Well you know we have to consider the poor stock holders in this LiberalArkie May 2016 #2

Yes poor dears might lose 10 cents on this quarterly nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #5

Hey, you going to Philly? LiberalArkie May 2016 #7

Nope, too north east of my beat nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #8

If I was 10 years younger, I would grab a helmet and mask and have at it. LiberalArkie May 2016 #9

Silly what do you think we will be doing next friday nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #10

I think it would be also.. All this new technology, what used to be in a tractor trailer rig and LiberalArkie May 2016 #11

Hey I invited our residendts form the SoCal area nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #12

and milk for the tear gas or is it just for pepper spray. I don't know which. I don't think we used LiberalArkie May 2016 #13

Well hopefully the gas mask will be good enough nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #14

I am sure that there will be Reddit folks there. I think it would be a blast for an old man. LiberalArkie May 2016 #15

I was given the lay of the land nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #16

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You might want to nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #18

I feel the same way about peabody May 2016 #3

True true nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #6

Link? LeftyMom May 2016 #19

Weird it did not index the paper nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #20

good thing onethatcares May 2016 #21