...Phlebotomists are healthcare assistants who collect blood from patients for examinations in laboratories, for diagnostic testing and monitoring. They are people who are trained to draw blood from the patient for clinical or medical testing, transfusions, donations or research. They collect blood by performing venepunctures. Phlebotomists are usually expected to work around 37.5 hours a week and they can earn from £14,294 to £17,425 a year. They are responsible for taking blood without harming the patient and would also need to ensure that the blood is taken correctly, so that it is left untouched during collection, so that the test results wouldn’t turn out to be unobtainable and wrong. Some patients may be nervous, particularly children who have never experienced the process before, so they must be able to get along with a wide variety of people since their patients would be from different age groups and background. As a phlebotomy, before the blood sample is taken, they would need to explain the procedure to the patient and if patients are nervous or distressed, they should be able to put empathy and put the patients at ease, to calm them and distract them from the procedure. Phlebotomists would need to have the ability to work calmly with no pressure as the patient is at risk. Also, whilst starting to take blood from the patient, they would need to insert a hypodermic needle into the vein and draw off the blood into a tube, then apply a dressing to the puncture made by the...
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...Analysis from Society’s Perspective Society can be defined through many different factors. The simplest of all is the general, dictionary definition that states: ‘People in general living together in organized communities, with laws and traditions controlling the way that they behave towards one another.’ (Macmillan Dictionary, 2014) The crucial parts in this definition are the’ laws and traditions’ that control the society. We can easily interpret these as Government and Culture in contemporary society. Through Culture we have interests, task divisions and roles, and we can say that nowadays Businesses play a big part of a nation’s Culture. In addition we can say that both Government and Business are parts of Society, while Society is being influenced by both sectors nonetheless, creating a cycle of actions and reactions. In this case society represents the organisations and the people under their care. The organisations fall under either business or government sector, even though they are societies on their own, and part of a bigger society altogether. On one side we have the hospitals, on the other, businesses and in between them the regulating bodies. The society that I will be talking about in this report represents all the people involved, the business people, the government and the rest of society, the common folk. Society has different faces. Society can be the victim; it can be the harasser and finally the peace maker. The role it will take depends on what roles...
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...BECTON DICKINSON: ETHICS AND BUSINESS PRACTICES Becton Dickinson and Company was created in 1897 and since then has been “Priding itself as a medical products pioneer, BD was the first manufacturer of the modern stethoscope, the insulin syringe, and the vacuum tube for blood-drawing products” (p. 2) Dennis Santucci, as the controller for Becton Dickinson has been having a hard time justifying certain expenses made by the company. These types of expenses seemed inappropriate like a physicians’ trip out of state which included a weekend of personal travel or a signing of a supply contract by a company which requested other appliances to be contributed to them as an extra. In 1995, Ethics and Business Practices program was established worldwide and by 1997, the “Business Conduct and Compliance Guide” handbook was distributed. The matter in question is to choose whether the global policy on gifts, gratuities, and business entertainment should be made standardized internationally or whether it should be decided locally, depending on local circumstances and practices. All issues pertaining to business related payment approvals must be handled by country. Having the experience to have worked internationally, I can personally attest to the fact that rules and rituals are different in every country. In Russia for example, it is looked down upon if the company that is trying to close a deal with a client does not bring a gift. In America, this would be considered inappropriate and...
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...Mgt 350 Week 3 Decisions in Paradise, Part I Decisions in Paradise I am Nik and I work at Becton Dickinson (BD). I just graduated from college with my degree and I am really happy I landed a job in a solid organization. During the first week at BD, I received the overview of the company along with HR procedures, organizational processes, an overview of Kava, and flight arrangements. The second week I will fly to Kava and no one could tell me what I would be doing there. I will work with Alex, the director of strategic planning and Chris Morales will be helping us out. In this paper, I will define the issues of the scenario, discuss the forces, and describe the organizational and environmental obstacles which will affect the stakeholders impacted by the decision. Kava is a significant island located in the South Pacific. The population of Kava has 50% under the age of 15 and has a diverse ethnic mix. The economy is supported by coffee, cocoa, bananas, tourism, fishing and inexpensive quality labor. Businesses, faith-based groups, community based organizations, and government are Kava's helping organizations. Once Nik landed in Kava, there was a mess all over, the island was a mess and also the company's office was a make-shift office. Alex greeted Nik at the inside and Alex is also the receptionist. After the introductions, Alex gave Nik an overview of the island and Nik pointed out the disaster of the island. The disaster threats could be from tidal waves,...
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...Main Problem Certainly the main problem of Becton Dickinson is that going into a transnational business evolves many upsets among the managerial force, from all different levels of the organization and also all around the globe. Another very big issue is like since most of the revenues were earned in the local U.S. market, this local market has a priority than its other business in Europe, Asia and Latin America; local managers in foreign nations where frustrated because they did not get enough resources to satisfy its local market, and at the same time the headquarters wanted more profits and get more market share to their other locations. Company's situation Becton Dickinson Company a medical manufacturing company, with operations worldwide, and revenues of over $2 billion dollars, almost half of it from outside the U.S. B.D. is a supplier of two main product lines of clinical products, divided in medical and diagnostic. The U.S. domestic production was starting to give way to international sales, making necessary a European division, which in the 1980's the company, was divided by local business divisions centralized with decisions made in the U.S. focusing production mainly in the U.S. market needs, given the remains to other divisions like Europe and Asia. Recommendation An excellent recommendation is that the company should take more in consideration of create a new environment of cooperation among colleges from all over the world, the firm should mold...
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...had a good time in Round Rock, Texas. A few weeks ago, I was there along with Dr. David Simchi-Levi of MIT to film our Videocast that was broadcast Wednesday on Dell's Supply Chain Transformation. The team at Dell, from Annette Clayton, VP of Global Supply Chain and Operations, to a number of supply chain, communications and video professionals, was first rate and universally friendly (thanks Bruce Raven). You can see an on-demand version of this outstanding broadcast here: Dell's Supply Chain Transformation Videocast. It was our biggest event ever, and I believe the largest on-line event in supply chain history. We had a huge audience from around the globe. I frankly learned a thing or two. When Dell announced in 2008 that it was moving into the retail business and making other related changes to its supply chain, it really did seem to me like the end of an era. The primary corporate icon of supply chain excellence was giving up on its legendary make-to-order model, outsourcing large swathes of manufacturing, and seeming to move back to the supply chain field it had been previously outdistancing by many lengths. But as many of our readers noted at the time, the customer has to drive the supply chain. There was a significant portion of the market, especially globally, that wanted to buy a different way. To grow, Dell had to expand its customer value proposition to reach different market segments. That required different supply chain strategies across multiple dimensions...
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...hen Thomas Shaw gets worked up, he twists in his chair and kneads his hand. Or he paces about in his tube socks grumbling, “They’re trying to destroy us,” and “The whole thing is a giant scam.” And Shaw, the founder of a medical device maker called Retractable Technologies, spends a lot of time being agitated. One of the topics that gets him most riled up these days is bloodstream infections. And with good reason—while most people rarely think about them, these are the most dangerous of the hospital-acquired bugs that afflict one in ten patients in the United States. Their spread has helped to make contact with our health care system the fifth leading cause of death in this country. A few years ago, Shaw, an engineer by training, decided he wanted to do something to help solve this problem and quickly homed in on the mechanics of needle-less IV catheters. Rather than using needles to inject drugs into IV systems, most hospitals have moved to a new design, which involves screwing the threaded tip of a needle-less syringe into a specially designed port. The problem is that if the tip brushes against a nurse’s scrubs, or a counter, or the railing of a hospital bed, it can pick up bacteria. And the rugged threaded surface makes it difficult to get rid of the germs once they’re there. Often, the bacteria go straight into the patients’ bloodstream—which explains why, according to some studies, the rate of bloodstream infections is three times higher with needle-less systems than...
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...MII INVESTMENT MEMO TO: FROM: SUBJECT: DATE: McIntire Investment Institute Michael Nugent, COMM 2010 Election Memo – BDX December 1, 2008 Becton, Dickinson and Company Sector: Healthcare | Industry: Medical Equipment and Supplies | NYSE: BDX Thesis: A global leader in medical devices, Becton, Dickinson and Company presents a long-term investment opportunity for the McIntire Investment Institute because of the resilience of the firm’s sales in economic downturns, the solid performance of the company driven by innovation, the boon that healthcare reform in the United States should provide, and strategic acquisitions. I. Financial Summary Share Price 11/28/08 Shares Outstanding Market Cap LT Debt P/E (forward) 52 Week Range Float Short Interest Avg Daily Volume (3m) Beta $63.53 243.57 million $15.47 billion $955.7 million 11.74 $58.14 - $93.24 241.22 million 1.12 million 1,963,240 0.73 II. Business Overview Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) manufactures and sells a host of medical devices, diagnostic equipment, and cell analysis products to healthcare institutions, clinical laboratories, and private consumers. Incorporated in New Jersey in 1906, the company is divided into the BD Medical, BD Diagnostic, and BD Bioscience product segments. BD Medical comprises the majority of the firm’s revenues and includes Medical Surgical Systems, Diabetes Care, Ophthalmic Systems, and Pharmaceutical Systems. As the secondary sales-generating division of the company, BD...
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...MII INVESTMENT MEMO TO: FROM: SUBJECT: DATE: McIntire Investment Institute Michael Nugent, COMM 2010 Election Memo – BDX December 1, 2008 Becton, Dickinson and Company Sector: Healthcare | Industry: Medical Equipment and Supplies | NYSE: BDX Thesis: A global leader in medical devices, Becton, Dickinson and Company presents a long-term investment opportunity for the McIntire Investment Institute because of the resilience of the firm’s sales in economic downturns, the solid performance of the company driven by innovation, the boon that healthcare reform in the United States should provide, and strategic acquisitions. I. Financial Summary Share Price 11/28/08 Shares Outstanding Market Cap LT Debt P/E (forward) 52 Week Range Float Short Interest Avg Daily Volume (3m) Beta $63.53 243.57 million $15.47 billion $955.7 million 11.74 $58.14 - $93.24 241.22 million 1.12 million 1,963,240 0.73 II. Business Overview Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) manufactures and sells a host of medical devices, diagnostic equipment, and cell analysis products to healthcare institutions, clinical laboratories, and private consumers. Incorporated in New Jersey in 1906, the company is divided into the BD Medical, BD Diagnostic, and BD Bioscience product segments. BD Medical comprises the majority of the firm’s revenues and includes Medical Surgical Systems, Diabetes Care, Ophthalmic Systems, and Pharmaceutical Systems. As the secondary sales-generating division of the company, BD...
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...Rangkuman Etika Produksi dan Pemasaran Konsumen Dalam pendekatan pasar untuk perlindungan konsumen, keselamatan konsumen di ibaratkan sebagai barang yang paling efisien yang disediakan melalui mekanisme dari pasar bebas dimana penjual harus merespon tuntutan konsumen. Pasar monopoli dan oligopoli dapat mengekstrak keuntungan abnormal tinggi dari konsumen dengan memastikan bahwa pasokan dalam jumlah yang memadai untuk memenuhi permintaan. Menurut pandangan kontrak, hubungan antara perusahaan bisnis dan pelanggan pada dasarnya merupakan hubungan kontrak, dan kewajiban moral kepada pelanggan, mereka itu diciptakan oleh hubungan kontrak. Kontrak adalah perjanjian gratis yang memaksakan pada partiers tugas dasar sesuai dengan ketentuan perjanjian. Menurut pandangan biaya sosial, biaya sosial ada apabila produsen harus membayar biaya dari setiap luka yang diderita melalui cacat pada produk, bahkan ketika produsen melakukan segala perawatan dan pencegahan untuk memperingatkan pengguna dari setiap bahaya yang tak terduga pada sebuah produk. Iklan komersial adalah komunikasi antara penjual dan pembeli potensial yang dipublikasikan ditujukan kepada khalayak massa yang bertujuan untuk mendorong audiens ini untuk membeli produk penjual. Iklan bisa menjadi benar atau menipu. Orang mempunyai hak untuk privasi untuk menentukan apa, kepada siapa, dan mengaktulisasikan diri tentang diri mereka sendiri . Privasi ini melindungi individu dari rasa malu, gangguan, dan lain-lain. Secara umum...
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...Developing & Implementing a Measurable Strategic Performance Management Framework and Automated Balanced Scorecard in a Medical Devices Company [pic] Implementation Case Study Becton Dickinson ANZ Copyright This publication is © Copyright 2004 ASVP Consulting Pty Ltd with all rights reserved. Except to the extent of the uses permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means including information storage and retrieval systems, without the prior written consent of ASVP Consulting Pty Ltd. Trade Marks Advanced Strategic Value Propositions™ is a trade mark of ASVP Consulting Pty Ltd. PulseSuite®, PulseManager®, PulseFinder® and Primed Online® are registered trade marks of Primed Online Pty Ltd. PulseProject™ is a trade mark of Primed Online Pty Ltd. Becton Dickinson, BD, and Helping All People Lead Healthy Lives are trademarks of Becton Dickinson Pty Ltd. Acknowledgements The kind assistance of Michael Lyon, CEO and the management team of BD Australia, and Grant Alecock, General Manager, and the management team of BD NZ is gratefully acknowledged. ASVP Consulting Pty Ltd ASVP Consulting Pty Ltd has written this independent case study on the implementation of a Balanced Scorecard Framework Solution in order to quantify the benefits accruing to BD and to highlight the potential benefits available to other organisations considering the implementation...
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...Essentials Ruth E. McCall, BS, MT (ASCP) Retired Program Director and Instructor Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque, New Mexico President, NuHealth Educators, LLC Faculty, Emeritus Phoenix College Phoenix, Arizona Fifth Edition Cathee M. Tankersley, BS, MT (ASCP) Acquisitions Editor: Peter Sabatini Product Manager: Meredith L. Brittain Marketing Manager: Shauna Kelley Designer: Holly McLaughlin Production Services: Aptara, Inc. Fifth Edition Copyright © 2012, 2008 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a Wolters Kluwer business. Two Commerce Square 2001 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 351 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Printed in China All rights reserved. This book is protected by copyright. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including as photocopies or scanned-in or other electronic copies, or utilized by any information storage and retrieval system without written permission from the copyright owner, except for brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Materials appearing in this book prepared by individuals as part of their official duties as U.S. government employees are not covered by the above-mentioned copyright. To request permission, please contact Lippincott Williams & Wilkins at Two Commerce Square, 2001 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, via email at permissions@lww.com, or via website at lww.com (products and services). 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress...
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