PREANALYTICAL ERRORS AND TURNAROUND TIME IN EMERGENCY BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN NEW DELHI

Namrata Bhutani; Neha Bhutani; Kamlesh Rabari; Subhra Sucharita Sahoo

Volume : VIII, Issue : XII, December - 2019

PREANALYTICAL ERRORS AND TURNAROUND TIME IN EMERGENCY BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN NEW DELHI

Namrata Bhutani, Neha Bhutani, Kamlesh Rabari, Subhra Sucharita Sahoo

Abstract :

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES : It is important to ensure quality of laboratory results. This study aimed to identify the pre–analytical errors and also the turnaround time in the emergency laboratory at a tertiary care hospital in Delhi. MATERIALS & METHODS : A cross–sectional study was done on a total of 2,73,111 samples received in the emergency laboratory from September 2018 to August 2019 and an analysis of occurrence of pre–analytical errors was done, retrospectively. Additionally, the TAT of the lab was evaluated over a period of two months from July 2019 to August 2019. RESULTS : 10.58 % of total samples received were rejected. Overall TAT was found to be 108 minutes ( median value). CONCLUSION : Hemolysis was found to be the most common cause of rejection in the emergency biochemistry laboratory. Also, the most time–consuming step was analysis in auto–analyzer with respect to contribution to TAT.