Preliminary Quality Evaluation of Blood Biochemical Tests in some Provincial Laboratories, Districts and Privates in the North of Vietnam
- Author:
Ngoc Thien Pham
;
Tranh Duc Tran
;
Nam Hoai Tran
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Quality control;
Clinical test
- MeSH:
Quality control;
Clinical test
- From:Journal of Medical Research
2008;0(1):85-91
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Introduction: Quality control in medical laboratory includes internal quality control and external quality control is very necessary for the quality management of medical laboratory tests. However, many laboratories for different reasons have not carried out quality control, its benefits, as well as inadequately evaluated affected risks of laboratory test quality. \r\n', u'Objectives: Two objectives are set for the research. First, to evaluate the quality of blood biochemical tests in some of the provinces, districts and private laboratories in the North of Vietnam. Second, factors that affect the quality of the medical laboratory tests are also examined. \r\n', u'Subjects and method: In this study, human control serum of Biorad is sent as ordinary blood samples to the 6 provincial, 12 district and 10 private laboratories to analyze some normal blood biomedical indexes. We also collected the necessary information on staff, equipments, and chemicals\u2026of the laboratories.\r\n', u'Results: There are five main findings in the areas of (1) general information about the laboratories, (2) laboratory test results of blood biochemical indexes with true value at the normal level, (3) laboratory test results of blood biochemical indexes with true value at the pathological level (level 2), (4) the accuracy of laboratory test results based on the blood test sample level 1, (5) the accuracy of laboratory test results based on the blood test sample level 2. In general, the first results of analyzed biomedical indexes are very different by statistical calculation between laboratories. \r\n', u'Conclusion: The research results indicated that the quality of analyzed biomedical indexes in some laboratories is not ensured. It is necessary to find the reasons and the ways to resolve the problem. \r\n', u'
