Laboratory Medicine ›› 2017, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (11): 962-965.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2017.011.005

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Prospective risk analysis of urine micro-protein

CHEN Yiqiong, ZHAO Di, DENG Xiaogang, REN Fang, XU Long, LI Zhi   

  1. Department of Clinical Laboratory,Yangpu Hospital,Tongji University,Shanghai 200090,China
  • Received:2015-12-20 Online:2017-11-30 Published:2017-12-07

Abstract:

Objective To investigate and evaluate the risk of urine micro-protein determinations in clinical test and application. Methods The risk of urine micro-protein determinations,including the determinations of microv albumin(mAlb),IgG,transferrin(Trf),alpha1-microglobulin(α1-MG) and beta2-microglobulin(β2-MG),in pre-analytical process,intra-analytical process and post-analytical process was evaluated by prospective risk analysis(PRA). The main failures in urine micro-protein determinations included inappropriate preparation of patients,identification errors,inappropriate sample handling,delayed analysis,inappropriate analysis,inappropriate reporting and misunderstanding of results. The risk analysis concerned the probability(P) of failure occurring,the consequence(C) of failure and the chance of determining(D). P and C scored on a scale of 0-10,and D scored on a scale of 1-3. The overall risk score(R) is calculated according to R=P×C. The risk was classified by the scores of R and D into acceptable,unacceptable and suboptimal levels. Then,a fishbone diagram outlined the cause and effect of unacceptable or suboptimal risk. Main causes were selected by discussion. Results No unacceptable risk was identified in urine micro-protein determinations. There were 2 items of suboptimal risk,which were inappropriate analysis and delayed analysis of β2-MG. Fishbone diagram illustrated the main cause of inappropriate analysis was lacking of quality control. No determination at night and weekend was the main cause for the delayed analysis of β2-MG. Conclusions PRA can identify risk effectively. It should take measures for mitigating or preventing risks by analyzing the main causes of unacceptable and suboptimal risks.

Key words: Micro-protein, Urine, Prospective risk analysis, Fishbone diagram

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