A systematic approach to report, categorize and grade quality failures in clinical biochemistry laboratory – ‘single center analysis’
Journal Title: International Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction Quality failures in clinical biochemistry laboratory have an adverse impact on patient care Identification and correction of the quality failures are essential to decrease risk and improve patient safety in hospitalMaterials and Methods This study was assessed over 14 months from January 2017 to February 2018 A designed Quality enquiry forms were introduced to report quality failures which prioritize corrective action Quality failures were categorized in three phases preanalytical analytical and postanalytical with subcategories in each phase Quality failures were graded on the basis of actual A score and potential P score adverse outcome on patient care using 5 point scoring systemResults The numbers of quality failures reported were 453 053 out of 84569 requisites received by the clinical biochemistry laboratory during this entire study period Quality failures were reported as 503 51 and 446 in preanalytical analytical and postanalytical phases respectively Quality failure severity A score was tilted towards lower side 585 allocated an A score of 1 least severe grade while for the P score towards higher side 455 allocated a P score of 5 most severe gradeConclusion Quality enquiry reporting system is an effective method for recognition of quality failures in clinical biochemistry laboratory Systematic approach in this study encompasses a multifaceted strategy for error analysis based on error detection and preventionKeywords Quality failure Systematic approach Error Clinical biochemistry laboratory
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Boinapalli Sudhakar, Bhavesh R
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- DOI 10.18231/2394-6377.2018.0131
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