Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
Respir Care. 2010 Mar;55(3):303-9.
To determine the ability of spirometry technicians in the World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program to meet American Thoracic Society spirometry quality goals.
Spirometry technicians were trained centrally and performed spirometry sessions at 6 sites in the greater New York City area. We reviewed and graded the spirometry results for quality every month.
About 80% (range 70-88%) of the spirometry sessions met the American Thoracic Society spirometry goals. In general, the spirometry technicians with the most experience were more successful in meeting the quality goals. Participant characteristics explained very little of the quality variability.
The overall spirometry quality in this multicenter program was very good. Efforts to improve spirometry quality should focus on the performance of individual spirometry technicians.
确定世界贸易中心工作人员和志愿者医疗筛查计划中的肺功能技师是否有能力达到美国胸科学会肺功能质量目标。
肺功能技师在纽约大都市区的 6 个地点接受集中培训并进行肺功能检测。我们每月审查和分级肺功能结果的质量。
大约 80%（范围为 70-88%）的肺功能检测符合美国胸科学会肺功能目标。一般来说，经验最丰富的肺功能技师在达到质量目标方面更为成功。参与者的特征几乎无法解释质量的可变性。
这个多中心计划的整体肺功能质量非常好。提高肺功能质量的努力应侧重于单个肺功能技师的表现。
