Clinical Laboratory Services and Equity

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Clinical Laboratory Services and Equity

Equity can be defined as fair and impartial treatment. These proactive measures are examples of how a laboratory can ensure equity in laboratory testing services:
  • Provide patients with educational material at the appropriate reading level and context. (In some cases, images/pictures may be more useful.)
  • Provide educational materials in other languages if there are communities of individuals for whom English is a second language.