Improvement of the turnaround times of STAT biochemistry test in clinical laboratory
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1009-9158.2017.07.013
- VernacularTitle:临床急诊生化检验标本周转时间的改进
- Author:
Yang FEI
;
Xu WANG
;
Zhigang XIONG
- Keywords:
Clinical chemistry tests;
Specimen handling;
Time;
Laboratory proficiency testing
- From:
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine
2017;40(7):535-539
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To shorten the stat test turnaround time (TAT) and improve the quality of service in clinical laboratory.Method Stat test TAT related data of clinical laboratory in Tongji hospital in Wuhan from August 1st to September 30th were collected by laboratory information system and hospital information system.EXCEL and SPSS were used for data analysis.Median and the 90th percentile were calculated for TATs from order to collection, collection to transfer, transfer to reception, reception to inspection and inspection to report.Outlier rates were calculated for TAT from collection to reception, reception to report, and collection to report using 2 h, 2 h, and 4h as target TAT value, respectively.Meanwhile descriptive statistics were calculated for TAT from order to collection in different clinical department, TAT from collection to reception during different collection time frames, and TAT from reception to report during different reception time frames.Results 32 235 stat biochemistry test data were included in this survey.Among three periods cut by collection and reception time, TAT from order to collection were the longest (P50: 681 min,P90:1261 min), followed by TAT from collection to reception(P50:94 min,P90:169 min) and TAT from reception to report(P50:68 min,P90:111 min).TATs from order to collection were longer in gynecological tumor department and organ transplantation department while shorter in infection department and cardiac vascular department.The TATs from collection to reception of specimen collected during 2:00 to 3:59 were longer than other collection time.While the TATs from reception to report of specimen received during 6:00 to 7:29 were longer than other reception time.There was no significant correlation between the amount of emergency specimens collected and TAT from collection to reception in different collection time period.However, the amount of emergency specimens collected was significantly correlated with the TAT from reception to report in different reception time period.Conclusions Analysis of TAT data can be used to identify existing problems and provide improved directions to shorten TAT in clinical laboratories.
