Assessment of Biochemistry Laboratory Requisition Forms as a Contributory Factor to Preanalytical Errors in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: A general belief is that laboratory error occurs mostly in the analytical phase, however contrary to this errors occurring in pre-analytical phase are high and a major contributor to this is incomplete filling of the laboratory requisition forms. Incomplete information on the laboratory forms sometimes delays the communication with clinician which is important in life threatening medical conditions. Most of the studies have focused on the other aspects of pre-analytical errors and the emphasis on adequate filling of laboratory form is less. This study was undertaken to completely assess the biochemistry laboratory requisition forms received in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Material and Methods: The study was designed to assess incomplete filling of biochemistry laboratory requisition forms as a contributory factor to pre-analytical errors. It was explorative and prospective study. Quality indicators were used to estimate the errors in filling up the laboratory forms. Results: Of 865 requisition forms maximum error was seen in lack of information in clinical notes accounting to 58.80 %, followed by error in writing the age accounting to 36.99 %. Trends were similar in the laboratory forms received from Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics OPD’s. Conclusion: Our study shows there is need to understand the importance of filling the laboratory requisition form which can be achieved by proper sensitization of all personnel dealing with them through repeated education with special focus on quality indicators so that the errors related to incomplete filling up of the forms can be reduced to minimum.
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Kapil Bhatia, Pallavi Bhatia, Manasvi Praveen Kumar
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