Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2017

Analysis of Turn Around Time of Arterial Blood Gas Samples in a tertiary care hospital

Dr. K. Indhu, Dr. T. Saravanan

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 Arterial blood gas analysis contributes to the assessment of patient`s ventilation status and acid base balance. Delay in results of arterial blood gas samples will affect the patient care. So it is appropriate to do a study on Turn Around Time (TAT) of arterial blood gas analysis. Turn around time (TAT) includes time of specimen collection, receiving time in the laboratory and reporting time of test results. The laboratory TAT is separated into three phases: pre–analytic, analytic, and post–analytic. The analytic phase is the time required to produce a verified result and is typically used as a measure of laboratory quality. Out of the 305 samples analysed, Analytical TAT distribution mostly confines to 2 to 12minutes.Reporting TAT distribution mostly confines to 2 to 8 minutes. As a whole, Laboratory TAT is delayed in 15 cases (5%). The main contributor is analytical TAT. The main reason for delay in analysis is sample sent in batches from the intensive care units. Streamlining these processes will further reduce the turn around time of Arterial blood gas samples.

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Dr.K.Indhu, Dr.T.Saravanan, Analysis of Turn Around Time of Arterial Blood Gas Samples in a tertiary care hospital, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾4 | April-2017

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