Clinical chemistry laboratory errors at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Abstract Objective This study was aimed to determine the magnitude of errors in clinical chemistry laboratory tests at different phases of the assay of clinical chemistry laboratory unit. Results From the total 1633 clinical chemistry laboratory tests done, overall, 541 (33.1%) errors occurred which...
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doaj-9c2b718a28434dce8e2749b2ac5dc8fa2020-11-25T02:11:49ZengBMCBMC Research Notes1756-05002018-11-011111510.1186/s13104-018-3893-5Clinical chemistry laboratory errors at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC), Addis Ababa, EthiopiaHirut Tadesse0Kassu Desta1Samuel Kinde2Fatuma Hassen3Addisu Gize4Department of Laboratory Science, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical CollegeDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa UniversityDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa UniversityDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa UniversityDepartment of Microbiology, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical CollegeAbstract Objective This study was aimed to determine the magnitude of errors in clinical chemistry laboratory tests at different phases of the assay of clinical chemistry laboratory unit. Results From the total 1633 clinical chemistry laboratory tests done, overall, 541 (33.1%) errors occurred which accounts that 392 (72.3%), 45 (8.3%), and 104 (19.2%) were pre analytical, analytical and post analytical phases of errors, respectively. Incomplete clinical data of patient was observed on 1185 (72.6%) of CLL tests. Name, gender, and age of patients were missed on 8 (0.5%), 190 (11.6%), and 257 (15.7%) forms of the requests, respectively. The physician’s name existed only on 248 (15.2%) and signature on 1137 (69.6%) of the request forms. An essential patient data were incomplete, which needs emphasis on awareness creation. Such practice improves laboratory data interpretation and thereby prevent misdiagnose and mistreatment of patients.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3893-5Clinical chemistry laboratory errorsPre-analyticalAnalyticalPost-analytical errors |
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Clinical chemistry laboratory errors at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
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Clinical chemistry laboratory errors at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
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Clinical chemistry laboratory errors at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
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clinical chemistry laboratory errors at st. paul’s hospital millennium medical college (sphmmc), addis ababa, ethiopia |
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Abstract Objective This study was aimed to determine the magnitude of errors in clinical chemistry laboratory tests at different phases of the assay of clinical chemistry laboratory unit. Results From the total 1633 clinical chemistry laboratory tests done, overall, 541 (33.1%) errors occurred which accounts that 392 (72.3%), 45 (8.3%), and 104 (19.2%) were pre analytical, analytical and post analytical phases of errors, respectively. Incomplete clinical data of patient was observed on 1185 (72.6%) of CLL tests. Name, gender, and age of patients were missed on 8 (0.5%), 190 (11.6%), and 257 (15.7%) forms of the requests, respectively. The physician’s name existed only on 248 (15.2%) and signature on 1137 (69.6%) of the request forms. An essential patient data were incomplete, which needs emphasis on awareness creation. Such practice improves laboratory data interpretation and thereby prevent misdiagnose and mistreatment of patients. |
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Clinical chemistry laboratory errors Pre-analytical Analytical Post-analytical errors |
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