Laboratory Medicine ›› 2018, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (6): 567-571.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2018.06.021

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Investigation and analysis on quality indicators for clinical laboratories in Shanghai

ZHU Jun, YANG Xue, LOU Jiao, XU Chong()   

  1. Shanghai Center for Clinical Laboratory,Shanghai 200126,China
  • Received:2018-01-20 Online:2018-06-30 Published:2018-07-06

Abstract:

Objective To study the status of clinical laboratories in Shanghai,and to provide a reference for establishing management regulation for improving laboratory quality in Shanghai through the analysis on Shanghai clinical laboratories and 15 quality indicators(QI). Methods The data of Shanghai clinical laboratories and 15 QI were collected by questionnaire survey. The data were processed using Microsoft Excel 2016 software and analyzed using SPSS 20.0 software. A total of 13 QI expressed in rate were evaluated by converting them into sigma(σ)metric,and the results were compared with the corresponding data reflecting the overall level of national laboratories. Results The σ level of inter-laboratory comparison was 3,and the others were all >3. The σ levels of the 13 QI expressed in rate were all higher than those from nationwide at same period. Pre-analytical turn-around time(TAT)in emergency examination were all between 15 and 50 min. TAT in routine examination were all between 70 and 80 min. Intra-laboratory TAT of clinical immunology were the longest,which were 492 min for routine examination and 223 min for emergency examination. Conclusions The status reflected by the implementation rate of internal quality control and the rate of inter-laboratory comparison need to be improved. Laboratories should strengthen the establishment of laboratory information system(LIS) to ensure the convenience and reliability of datum collection.

Key words: Clinical Laboratory, Quality indicator, Quality control

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