UCSF Center for Healthcare Value - Caring Wisely 2.0

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Decrease Paper Use in the Clinical Laboratory

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Some instruments in the UCSF Clinical Laboratory are set to automatically print test results on computer paper. Most of these instrument printouts are then put in a Cintas Document Management Security Container to be shredded.  I propose that the instruments'automatic printing be turned off and only those hard copies which are necessary be printed. This would save paper and shredding costs. I have already done this with our coagulation instruments.

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