A nationwide multicenter study on clinical laboratory construction in China
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6672.2019.10.018
- VernacularTitle: 全国医疗机构检验科基本建设现况调查
- Author:
Fengfeng KANG
1
;
Weixing LI
1
;
Wei WANG
2
;
Bingquan CHEN
3
;
Zhiguo WANG
2
Author Information
1. Zhejiang Center for Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial People′s Hospital, People′s Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou 310014, China
2. National Center for Clinical Laboratories/Beijing Engineering Research Center of Laboratory Medicine, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing 100730, China
3. Clinet Information and Technology Limited Company, Beijing 100020, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Clinical laboratory;
Quality;
Safety;
Laboratory construction;
Baseline survey
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration
2019;35(10):867-871
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the status of clinical laboratory construction in China and evaluate its completeness, adequacy and effectiveness.
Methods:An electronic investigation on laboratory construction was conducted in March 2019. The questionnaires were synchronously distributed to 14 055 laboratories covering 31 provincial administrative units in China. Excel 2010 and SPSS 20 were used for analysis of four main indicators: gross area, total equipment value, human resource, and testing items. Descriptive statistics were demonstrated and comparisons of the indicators among different types of laboratories were checked with the Kruskal-Wallis test.
Results:A total of 9 966 valid questionnaires were returned, with an effective recovery of 70.9%. The overall median of the four indicators were respectively: gross area(344.5 square meters), total equipment value(RMB 4.15 million), staff number(12) and testing item number(160). The difference of all four indicators among various types of laboratories was significant(P<0.05).
Conclusions:The construction of laboratories in primary hospitals and private hospitals is not satisfying, especially the equipment and human resource. More attention on the awareness to improve clinical laboratory construction for further quality improvement and patient safety is needed.
