Abstract: Background: Clinical chemistry specimen rejections cause a delay in the availability of findings, which might affect patient care.
The study's objective is to assess sample rejection.
Methods: The study measured specimen rejection rates and the contributions of different rejection reasons. The study undertook an intervention to reduce specimen rejection during 2019 intervention period. It compared rejections rates, number of months with rejection rates 1.2%, and distribution of rejection reasons between the two year-long intervals. The study also determined the origin for specimens rejected for the most common rejection reason during one month in the second period.
Results: The most common reasons for rejection in hematology and biochemistry areas were clotted blood specimen, improperly labeled specimen containers and hemolyzed blood samples.
Conclusions: Using Qualitative Methodology helped to formulate efficient plans to target this issue. reduce the rate of rejected samples. Moreover, the model shed the light on how crucial the pre-analytical phase for laboratory quality improvement process, its effect on cost reduction, and the importance of staff competency and utilization.
Keywords: Rejection, Blood samples, pre-analytic error; quality indicators; specimen insufficient; specimen rejections.
Title: Reduce Rejected Laboratory Samples and Enhance Specimen Acceptability
Author: Yasir A. Ahmed, Areej Khaled Al-Zahrani, Reem Abdallah Al-Qhamdi, Ziyad Fahad Al-Otaibi, Monerah Mater Wallbi, Ahlam Abdulrahman Al-Harbi, Eman Ahmed Sunyur, Areej Nasser AlRami, Ahmed Hattan Hattan, Abdulrhman Mohammed Twhari, Alanood Khalid Alsaffi, Buthaynah Abdalrahman Alodhayb, Dalal Abdullah Alshaikhi, Abdeah Ebrahim Beshi
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
Vol. 10, Issue 3, July 2022 - September 2022
Page No: 14-18
Research Publish Journals
Website: www.researchpublish.com
Published Date: 03-August-2022
