Abdollahi Alireza, Saffar Hiva, Saffar Hana
Department of Clinical Pathology, Central Laboratory, Imam Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
N Am J Med Sci. 2014 May;6(5):224-8. doi: 10.4103/1947-2714.132941.
According to official data, 60-70% of clinical decisions about hospitalization and discharge are based on laboratory results.
The objective of this study is to examine the frequency of errors before, during, and after analysis in a major medical laboratory.
This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted throughout 2012 (January-December 2012). Errors are recorded by the Quality Control Committee in a specially designed record.
A total of 303,866 samples, 2,430,928 tests were received for analysis. The total number of errors was 153,148 (6.3%) (116,392 for inpatients and 36,756 for outpatients). Analysis of the results revealed that about 65.09% of the errors occur across preanalytical phase, whereas 23.2% and 11.68% are related to analytical and postanalytical phase, respectively.
More than half of the laboratory errors are related to preanalytical phase; therefore, proper training and knowledge of intervening factors are essential for reducing errors and optimizing the quality.
根据官方数据,60%至70%关于住院和出院的临床决策是基于实验室检查结果。
本研究的目的是调查一家大型医学实验室分析前、分析中和分析后的错误发生率。
这项描述性横断面研究于2012年全年(2012年1月至12月)开展。质量控制委员会用专门设计的记录表格记录错误情况。
共收到303,866个样本,进行了2,430,928次检测。错误总数为153,148次(6.3%)(住院患者116,392次,门诊患者36,756次)。结果分析显示,约65.09%的错误发生在分析前阶段,而分析阶段和分析后阶段的错误分别占23.2%和11.68%。
超过半数的实验室错误与分析前阶段有关;因此,针对干扰因素进行适当培训并掌握相关知识对于减少错误和优化质量至关重要。