Using outlier events to monitor test turnaround time: A college of American pathologists Q-probes study in 496 laboratories

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 607-614

  Steindel, Steven J ^a   Novis, David A ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Wentworth Douglass Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032986543     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

1. Valenstein P. Laboratory turnaround time. Am J Clin Pathol. 1996;105:676-688.
2. Howanitz PJ, Steindel SJ. Intralaboratory performance and laboratorians' expectations for stat turnaround times: a College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study of four cerebrospinal fluid determinations. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1991;115:977-983.
3. Steindel SJ, Jones BA, Howanitz PJ. Timeliness of automated routine labo-ratory tests: a College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study of 653 institutions. Clin Chim Acta. 1996;251:25-40.
4. Howanitz PJ, Steindel SJ, Cembrowski GS, Long TA. Emergency department stat test turnaround times: a College of American Pathologists' Q-Probes study for potassium and hemoglobin. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1992;116:122-128.
5. Ross JW, Boone DJ. Assessing the effect of mistakes in the total testing process on the quality of patient care [abstract 102]. In: Martin ML, Addision BV, Wagner WM, Essien JDK, eds. 1989 Institute of Critical Issues in Health Laboratory Practice. Minneapolis, Minn: Dupont Press; 1991:173-173.
6. Boone DJ, Steindel SJ, Herron R, et al. Transfusion medicine monitoring practices: a study of the College of American Pathologists/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Outcomes Working Group. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1995;119:999-1006.
7. Plebani M, Carraro P. Mistakes in a stat laboratory: types and frequency. Clin Chem. 1997;43:1348-1351.
8. Steindel SJ, Howanitz PJ. Emergency Department Turnaround Time: Data Analysis and Critique. 93-04. Northfield, III: College of American Pathologists; 1993.