Impact of preventive actions on rejection rates in the preanalytical period

Odabasi M. S., Dirican M., Yılmaztepe Oral A., Özkaya G.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY-TURK BIYOKIMYA DERGISI, cilt.45, sa.1, ss.19-25, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 45 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1515/tjb-2018-0119
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY-TURK BIYOKIMYA DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.19-25
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Sigma level, Pre-analytical error, Rejection rates, QUALITY INDICATORS, ERRORS
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: It is responsibility of medical laboratories to determine and reject nonconforming samples as well as take preventive actions. In this study, we examined reasons and percentages of rejected samples. We also investigated impact of the preventive actions on decreasing the rejection rates.