Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Analysis of Preanalytical Nonconformance in a Medium-Sized Private Pathology Laboratory

A retrospective audit was performed at Southern IML Pathology in Wollongong and Nowra, Australia, to identify incidences of nonconformance over a 12-month period from October 2012 to September 2013. Data were obtained using an in-house nonconformance reporting system and from the quarterly Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Key Incident Monitoring and Management System.

A total of 10,972 patients had an incidence of preanalytical nonconformance, which is 1.9% of patients who had tests performed during the study period.

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Analysis of Preanalytical Nonconformance in a Medium-Sized Private Pathology Laboratory

Source: AJCP/ASCP

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