Diagnostic Laboratories in India: Investigating Quality Characteristics, Productivity and Time of Reporting

Indian journal of clinical biochemistry: IJCB

Anton Gutscher¹  Tony C. Badrick² 

[1] Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd;Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia

关键词: Survey;    Diagnostic laboratory;    Turnaround time;    quality;    Customer service;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s12291-017-0679-9

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

This is the result of a Survey of diagnostics laboratories in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region with perspectives on India, investigating the three key aspects that are central to the success of a laboratory: quality, cost and speed. This Survey provides a comparison in selected performance indicators in a large number of diagnostic laboratories in a broad range of countries in the APAC region. The Survey provides data on some key performance characteristics such as quality improvement activities, staff productivity and Turnaround Time (TAT). This Survey also demonstrates in India the common issues facing all the laboratories surveyed but also common solutions using a Quality Systems approach which involves Accreditation, customer responsiveness, greater use of IT, automation and Lean principles. Indian laboratories reported less automation and fewer laboratories have Laboratory Information Systems. The productivity by various measures in Indian laboratories was less than in other APAC laboratories. TAT was more commonly monitored in the Indian specimens though there were fewer laboratories compared with the APAC specimens where there were separate TATs for Short Turnaround Time and Routine specimens.

【 授权许可】

CC BY