TY - GEN
T1 - Improving laboratory results turnaround time by reducing pre analytical phase
AU - Khalifa, Mohamed
AU - Khalid, Parwaiz
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Laboratory turnaround time is considered one of the most important indicators of work efficiency in hospitals, physicians always need timely results to take effective clinical decisions especially in the emergency department where these results can guide physicians whether to admit patients to the hospital, discharge them home or do further investigations. A retrospective data analysis study was performed to identify the effects of ER and Lab staff training on new routines for sample collection and transportation on the pre-analytical phase of turnaround time. Renal profile tests requested by the ER and performed in 2013 has been selected as a sample, and data about 7,519 tests were retrieved and analyzed to compare turnaround time intervals before and after implementing new routines. Results showed significant time reduction on "Request to Sample Collection" and "Collection to In Lab Delivery" time intervals with less significant improvement on the analytical phase of the turnaround time.
AB - Laboratory turnaround time is considered one of the most important indicators of work efficiency in hospitals, physicians always need timely results to take effective clinical decisions especially in the emergency department where these results can guide physicians whether to admit patients to the hospital, discharge them home or do further investigations. A retrospective data analysis study was performed to identify the effects of ER and Lab staff training on new routines for sample collection and transportation on the pre-analytical phase of turnaround time. Renal profile tests requested by the ER and performed in 2013 has been selected as a sample, and data about 7,519 tests were retrieved and analyzed to compare turnaround time intervals before and after implementing new routines. Results showed significant time reduction on "Request to Sample Collection" and "Collection to In Lab Delivery" time intervals with less significant improvement on the analytical phase of the turnaround time.
KW - Emergency department
KW - Hospitals
KW - Pre-analytical phase
KW - Reducing laboratory turnaround time
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84904197324&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-423-7-71
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-423-7-71
M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
C2 - 25000018
AN - SCOPUS:84904197324
SN - 9781614994220
VL - 202
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 71
EP - 74
BT - Integrating information technology and management for quality of care
A2 - Mantas, John
A2 - Househ, Mowafa S.
A2 - Hasman, Arie
PB - IOS Press
T2 - 12th International Conference on Informatics, Management, and Technology in Healthcare, ICIMTH 2014
Y2 - 10 July 2014 through 13 July 2014
ER -