Open AccessL’errore nel laboratorio di Microbiologia
Author(s) -
Paolo Lanzafame,
Assunta Sartor
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
microbiologia medica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2280-6423
pISSN - 1120-0146
DOI - 10.4081/mm.2006.2956
Subject(s) - computer science , data collection , quality management , reliability engineering , statistics , operations management , management system , engineering , mathematics
Error management plays one of the most important roles in facility process improvement efforts. By detecting and reducing errors quality and patient care improve. The records of errors was analysed over a period of 6 months and another was used to study the potential bias in the registrations.The percentage of errors detected was 0,17% (normalised 1720 ppm) and the errors in the pre-analytical phase was the largest part.The major rate of errors was generated by the peripheral centres which send only sometimes the microbiology tests and don’t know well the specific procedures to collect and storage biological samples.The errors in the management of laboratory supplies were reported too. The conclusion is that improving operators training, in particular concerning samples collection and storage, is very important and that an affective system of error detection should be employed to determine the causes and the best corrective action should be applied