ReviewCureus2022
Turnaround Time: An Efficacy Measure for Medical Laboratories.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Turnaround Time and Patients' Perceptions of Clinical Laboratory Services at a Tertiary Hospital in Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Direct-from-Specimen Detection of Major Carbapenemases by Carbapenem-Resistant K.N.I.V.O. Detection K-Set: Comparative Analysis of Accuracy and Turnaround Time.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- The clinical application of metagenomic next-generation sequencing for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in neutropenic patients: a multicenter retrospective study in the ICU.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Article
- Evaluation of the turnaround time and the associated factors in computed tomography at the Palestinian hospitals.SAGE open medicine · 2026Article
- Exploration of factors associated with turnaround time when evaluating non-tuberculous mycobacterium cultures.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Innovation Headroom for a Highly Accurate PD-L1 Companion Diagnostic in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.PharmacoEconomics · 2025Article
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- Widefield frequency-domain autofluorescence lifetime imaging for detecting breast cancer in murine xenograft tumor tissues.Journal of biomedical optics · 2025Article
- [Position paper of DGKL and DIVI on requirements for laboratory services in intensive care and emergency medicine].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2025Article
- Assessing customer satisfaction: the case of test prescribers at the clinical biology laboratory of Centre Muraz/ Institut National de Santé Publique, Burkina Faso.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Evaluating turnaround time to improve clients' satisfaction in the tuberculosis reference laboratory in Douala.PloS one · 2025Article
- Analysis and assessment of biomedical scientists' needs for clinical laboratory: activity-based management as an evaluation methodology.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Using data science to investigate rising HIV low-level viraemia results at Groote Schuur laboratory in South Africa.African journal of laboratory medicine · 2025Article
- Deep Learning-Enhanced Paper-Based Vertical Flow Assay for High-Sensitivity Troponin Detection Using Nanoparticle Amplification.ACS nano · 2024Article
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Abstract
Turnaround time (TAT), which doctors frequently use as the benchmark for laboratory performance, is a typical way to communicate timeliness. It also acts as a quality indicator to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the testing process and the satisfaction of clinicians and patients. TAT is the time from receipt of the sample in the laboratory to final delivery or dispatch of the report of said test. The TAT procedure can be broadly divided into three stages pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical. There is variability in TAT according to different conditions like the volume of sample size, staff expertise, availability of adequate resources, distances of the hospital from the lab, and various sub-departments. To remove obstacles to optimizing TAT, we must take a practical approach. A workload reduction plan, proper stock management, specialized work assignments, and skilled staff retention are crucial strategies to reduce the setting's delayed TAT.
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