Publication: Knowledge of Internal Quality Control for Laboratory Tests among Laboratory Personnel Working in Department of Biochemistry in a Tertiary Care Center: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
Date
2023
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Nepal Medical Association
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Introduction: Clinical laboratory holds a central position in patient care, thus, ensuring accurate laboratory test results is a necessity. Internal quality control ensures day-to-day laboratory consistency. However, unless practised, laboratory quality systems cannot be achieved. This depends on the efforts and commitment of laboratory personnel for its implementation. Hence, the aim of this study was to find out the knowledge of internal quality control for laboratory tests among laboratory personnel working in the Department of Biochemistry in a tertiary care centre.
Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted from 1 July 2022 to 30 August 2022 after receiving ethical approval from Institutional Review Committee (Reference number: 2341/022). Semi-structured questionnaire was used to assess knowledge on internal quality control. Three non-respondents were excluded. The operational definition of the knowledge domain was set before finalizing the questionnaire. The convenience sampling method was used. Point estimate and 95% Confidence Interval were calculated.
Results: Among 20 laboratory personnel, 5 (25%) (6.02-43.98, 95% Confidence Interval) had adequate knowledge of internal quality control. The mean knowledge score was 12±2.44.
Conclusions: The prevalence of adequate knowledge of internal quality control for laboratory tests among laboratory personnel working in the Department of Biochemistry was similar to the other study done in a similar setting.
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Bijaya Mishra
Department of Biochemistry, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Ghopa, Dharan, Nepal
Binod Kumar Lal Das
Department of Biochemistry, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Ghopa, Dharan, Nepal
Seraj Ahmed Khan
Department of Biochemistry, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Ghopa, Dharan, Nepal
Basanta Gelal
Department of Biochemistry, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Ghopa, Dharan, Nepal
Apeksha Niraula
Department of Biochemistry, Tribhuwan University, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
Rajendra Kumar Chaudhari
Department of Biochemistry, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Ghopa, Dharan, Nepal
Madhab Lamsal
Department of Biochemistry, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Ghopa, Dharan, Nepal
Keywords
Biochemistry, Knowledge, Laboratory personnel, Quality control