ArticleEJIFCC2019
Factors Affecting Turnaround Time in the Clinical Laboratory of the Kathmandu University Hospital, Nepal.
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Abstract
backgroundThe turnaround time (TAT) as defined by most of the laboratories is the time interval between the specimens received in the laboratory to the time of reports dispatched with verification. Nearly 80% of hospital-attached clinical laboratories receive complaints about delayed TAT. Reporting in time is a crucial indicator of quality services along with accurate, precise and reliable reports, thus each clinical laboratory should identify affecting factors to eliminate them for the enhancement of quality services. METHODOLOGY: Dhulikhel Hospital-Kathmandu University Hospital is a tertiary care hospital, where this observational descriptive study was conducted in 2017. Requested tests received on database in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory along with test requisition form (TRF) were carefully screened for any possible error. When analysis of individual patient's tests was completed, results of individual parameters were entered in the database manually. TAT was calculated as a time period between specimens received to analysis completed. Once test analysis has completed it was immediately followed by verification.
resultsA total of 36,108 patients' reports generated from the Department of Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory during study period were analyzed. Nearly 36% of reports exceeded the predefined TAT in case of stat tests, while around 7% of reports were out of predefined TAT in case of routine tests. Among prolonged TAT, around 75% of reports were delayed due to various extra analytical reasons and approximately 48% of total delayed reports were found only due to error by cash unit.
conclusionThe major reasons of delayed laboratory reports were due to time consumed to fix the pre-analytical errors created by other departments rather than laboratory itself. Cash unit alone has the highest degree of error in total testing process and it is the most significant factor for prolonged TAT. However reasons for prolonged TAT may vary with hospital to hospital depending upon different factors.
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