My First Paper

November 2, 2023

Sometimes I look back at my career and wonder how I ever got started down the path of laboratory stewardship. This paper might help explain it! As a cytopathology fellow I reviewed all of the daily urine for eosinophil slides and as all of us in the lab know, these are not the best tests. Partially out of frustration I wrote a letter to the editor of the New England Journal expressing my thoughts and they published it! To this day it could be one of my most cited papers and might help explain how I got started in Laboratory Stewardship.

CLICK HERE FOR PAPER- NEJM Urine for EOS

Andrew Fletcher

As the former medical director of ARUP Consultative Services, Dr. Andrew Fletcher is focused on laboratory stewardship, laboratory efficiency, and outreach growth. He has experience in leading quality initiatives that enhance organizations’ safety and value and has helped develop laboratory stewardship programs throughout the U.S. Dr. Fletcher has received numerous awards for quality and utilization, including research grants for blood utilization and is the recipient of the 2021 ASCP Choosing Wisely Award.