A cautionary tale: Unforeseen consequences of lean processing in a blood sciences laboratory

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Blood Sciences, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK. Electronic address: mandy.perry@nhs.net.
• ² Department of Blood Sciences, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK. Electronic address: john.oconnor1@nhs.net.
• ³ Department of Blood Sciences, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK. Electronic address: alan.james1@nhs.net.
• ⁴ Department of Blood Sciences, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK. Electronic address: adrian.cudmore@nhs.net.
• ⁵ Department of Blood Sciences, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK. Electronic address: aled.lewis@nhs.net.
• ⁶ Department of Blood Sciences, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK. Electronic address: maurice.salzmann@nhs.net.
• ⁷ Department of Blood Sciences, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK; Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4SB, UK. Electronic address: timothy.mcdonald@nhs.net.