TABLE 3.

Mean turnaround time by month for selected inpatients tests.

Test and location	April	May	June	July	August	September	October
Inpatient Department	81.95	79.99	73.43	68.08	68.58	66.64	62.72
Anti-HIV	130.16	146.29	116.52	101.33	115.06	111.16	102.45
BUN	81.59	79.24	72.76	68.13	68.80	65.56	62.94
Calcium	83.72	85.01	69.18	65.17	62.68	67.19	59.63
Chloride	76.77	74.44	70.05	65.69	65.63	63.51	60.28
Cholesterol	111.73	91.05	104.37	76.89	91.59	92.47	75.74
CO2	76.88	74.51	70.16	66.08	66.01	63.65	60.47
Creatinine	81.64	79.19	72.64	67.85	67.76	65.34	62.14
Electrolyte	76.88	74.51	70.19	66.08	66.01	63.65	60.47
Glucose	91.45	102.02	74.75	68.55	66.31	62.97	63.91
LDL	110.14	95.62	103.17	77.09	93.59	90.65	76.58
Lipid Profile	104.34	91.05	102.73	77.36	91.59	91.55	75.74
Potassium	76.65	74.79	69.97	65.54	65.55	63.28	60.17
Sodium	76.58	74.46	70.07	65.47	65.52	63.47	60.19
Troponin I	104.45	84.75	82.45	65.34	59.55	81.60	59.98
TSH	177.96	149.62	127.44	102.52	95.40	96.99	83.81

Using the Student’s t-test “Paired two samples for means” the Inpatients Department difference in TAT between April to June and July to October was significant at p < 0.05, the P(T ≤ t) two-tail result was 2.03^-4.

The figures in bold are the average of all the tests in that patient segment.