1Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Mysore Medical College & Research Institute, Mysore
2Professor & HOD, Dept. of Biochemistry, Mysore Medical College & Research Institute, Mysore
*Corresponding Author: Email: dr_mgpatil@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 15 September, 2016.
Laboratory tests are important to diagnose the diseases, to monitor the progress and to see the response to the treatment of patients. Pre-analytical variables include specimen collection, timing, transportation & handling of the sample processing.
The data were obtained from Biochemistry Central Laboratory, Descriptive Cross Sectional study design was used and data were entered in excel and analysed by using Epi-info Software version 3.4.3. Descriptive statistics like frequencies and percentages were calculated.
The total number of samples received by the laboratory for a period of two months was 7333 and analyzed for preanalytical errors in those samples. The most common pre-analytical error was wrong ordering which is 16.73% & followed by hemolysed sample, insufficient quantity, mixed with saline, empty tubes and the least one was mismatched samples.
Quality improvement in the pre-analytical phase helps laboratories to deliver more timely and accurate test results for clinicians.
Pre-analytical errors, Turnaround time, Total testing process
