How to Start a Medical Lab Business (1)

  Medical laboratories differ from research or academic laboratories in that they handle biological samples and confidential patient information. They are staffed by professionals of different backgrounds and expertise in the clinical lab sciences. A person with a business background is usually the one to manage the financial and human resources of a lab. Starting a lab as a business requires acquiring the right equipment and people.


      Instructions


      Location and Equipment


      1 Find a location that will house all of the equipment that will go into the lab. Remember that the lab must also have areas for a front office, sample processing, and a place for employees to store their personal belongings. The lab will also need plenty of storage for equipment reagents and parts and for sample collection supplies.


      2 Make sure your location has plentiful water supply and disposal access to feed into the analyzers and to get rid of waste. Electric plugs must also be plentiful for all the laboratory analyzers to be plugged in. Likewise, an electric generator for electrical backup must be available.


      3 Install all the laboratory analyzers in a configuration that will allow the greatest amount of mobility of personnel from one analyzer to the next. Remember that the analyzers produce a lot of heat, so the rooms where they are located must be well ventilated.