TABLE 2.
Improvement of phlebotomy error rates pre- and post- training of H03-A6 and proposed new procedure.
| Error description | Laboratories before training# | Laboratories after training with CLSI H03-A6 document## | Laboratories after training with new procedure | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| All (N = 30) | Public Lab (N = 15) | Private Lab (N = 15) | P | All (N = 30) | Public Lab (N = 15) | Private Lab (N = 15) | P | All (N = 30) | Public Lab (N = 15) | Private Lab (N = 15) | P | |
| Inappropriate request to the patient to clench the fist repeatedly | 25/30 | 14/15 | 11/15 | 0.329 | 29/30* | 15/15 | 14/15 | 1.000 | 0/30*** | 0/15 | 0/15 | --- |
| Inadequate friction procedure during the cleaning of the venipuncture site | 27/30 | 13/15 | 14/15 | 1.000 | 0/30** | 0/15 | 0/15 | --- | 0/30 | 0/15 | 0/15 | ---- |
| Incorrect sequence of vacuum tubes | 26/30 | 13/15 | 12/15 | 1.000 | 0/30** | 0/15 | 0/15 | --- | 0/30 | 0/15 | 0/15 | ---- |
| Incorrect mixing of vacuum tubes | 25/30 | 15/15 | 10/15 | 0.042 | 0/30** | 0/15 | 0/15 | --- | 0/30 | 0/15 | 0/15 | ---- |
Comparison of error rates between public and private laboratories before training (McNemar Chi-square test,
*
P = 0.113 and
**
P < 0.001), and after training to the proposed new procedure (Fisher exact test two-tailed test
***
P < 0.001
****
P = 0.237). ---, not calculated;
#
data previously published (2);
##
data previously published (4).