======Quality Indicator of Clinical pathology======

^**Clinical Pathology Laboratory**                                                                                        ^                                                 ^
|**QUALITY INDICATORS FOR CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT**                                                                         |                                                 |
|**PRE ANALYTICAL**                                                                                                       |                                                 |
|Sample rejection                                                                                                         |<5% of total sample received                     |
|Any discrepancy in patient identification                                                                                |                                                 |
|Non specific examination name                                                                                            |                                                 |
|Sample type and preservative not shown                                                                                   |                                                 |
|Inadequate quantity of sample                                                                                            |                                                 |
|Inappropriate container                                                                                                  |                                                 |
|Transport time is more than 2 hrs for urine and body fluids other than CSF.\\ \\ Transport time more than 1 hour for CSF.|                                                 |
|**ANALYTICAL**                                                                                                           |                                                 |
|Inter Laboratory Comparison                                                                                              |Result should have 80-90% concordance among labs |
|Critical value records                                                                                                   |4-5% reporting                                   |
|**POST ANALYTICAL**                                                                                                      |                                                 |
| TAT records                                                                                                             |Outliers should be <15% of total samples recieved|
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