Open Access<p>Factors Affecting Quality of Laboratory Result During Ordering, Handling, and Testing of the Patient’s Specimen at Hawassa University College of Medicine and Health Science Comprehensive Specialized Hospital</p>
Author(s) -
Demissie Assegu Fenta,
Musa Mohammed Ali
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s264671
Subject(s) - medicine , checklist , medical laboratory , observational study , external quality assessment , test (biology) , residence , logistic regression , health care , family medicine , cross sectional study , data collection , university hospital , emergency medicine , statistics , pathology , psychology , demography , paleontology , mathematics , sociology , economics , cognitive psychology , biology , economic growth
The increase of medical laboratory test errors represents the increase of all defects within the process. An error can be any defect during the entire process, from ordering to reporting. It may have negative effects on patient care, by contributing to inappropriate treatment, an increase in lengths of hospital stay, and dissatisfaction with healthcare services. Therefore, this study aimed to determine factors affecting the quality of laboratory results through the entire process.