Effective laboratory management not only benefits the staff, but improves patient safety and patient care. However, many laboratory directors grapple with serious issues related to budget constraints as well as responding effectively to demanding clinician colleagues, according to Dr. Paul Bachner, a professor and immediate past chairman of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine’s Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Dr. Bachner will be teaching a course on this topic at CAP18, which will be held Oct. 20-24 in Chicago: www.capannualmeeting.org.