Table 3. Comparison of mean scores for critical results reporting procedures of surveyed Croatian laboratories.
| Statement |
Total score (95% CI) |
Mean score for hospital laboratories (95% CI) |
Mean score for general practice laboratories (95% CI) |
P (hospital vs. general practice) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When reporting critical test results, the laboratory staff uses the values issued by the CCMB. |
4.69 (4.56-4.82) |
4.56 (4.29-4.83) |
4.77 (4.63-4.91) |
0.296 |
| Before reporting critical test result, the analysis is repeated. |
4.72 (4.61-4.83) |
4.49 (4.25-4.72) |
4.86 (4.75-4.96) |
0.001* |
| The critical test result is notified exclusively to the responsible physician. |
4.20 (4.04-4.36) |
3.76 (3.48-4.03) |
4.46 (4.29-4.64) |
< 0.001* |
| When reporting the critical test result, it customary to briefly comment the obtained results with the recipient of the results, in order to eliminate possible preanalytical errors. |
4.15 (3.98-4.33) |
4.15 (3.88-4.42) |
4.16 (3.93-4.39) |
0.727 |
| When reporting the critical test result, it is customary to ask the recipient of the result to read-back the value notified. |
3.16 (2.86-3.46) |
3.41 (2.96-3.87) |
3.01 (2.62-3.41) |
0.258 |
| Reporting of critical test results is systematically recorded. |
3.86 (3.56-4.17) |
3.98 (3.47-4.48) |
3.80 (3.40-4.19) |
0.555 |
| The identity of the individual who reported the critical test result is collected within the record. |
3.43 (3.07-3.79) |
3.88 (3.34-4.42) |
3.16 (2.70-3.62) |
0.045* |
| The identity of the recipient of the critical test result is collected within the record. |
3.74 (3.40-4.07) |
3.98 (3.47-4.48) |
3.59 (3.15-4.03) |
0.380 |
| The record contains the patient’s unique identification number. |
2.65 (2.31-3.00) |
2.88 (2.29-3.47) |
2.52 (2.09-2.96) |
0.312 |
| The record contains the test value with the unit of measure of the critical test result reported. |
3.74 (3.39-4.08) |
3.78 (3.22-4.34) |
3.71 (3.27-4.15) |
0.991 |
| The recorded data pertaining critical test results reporting are easily accessible for periodical evaluation? |
2.95 (2.60-3.31) |
3.29 (2.73-3.86) |
2.75 (2.30-3.21) |
0.144 |
| Contact information for critical results reporting (phone number / fax / e-mail) are available on the test request. |
2.06 (1.78-2.34) |
2.32 (1.85-2.79) |
1.91 (1.56-2.27) |
0.068 |
| The reporting of critical result is recorded on test report (i.e. as a comment). | 2.00 (1.70-2.30) | 2.37 (1.83-2.90) | 1.78 (1.43-2.14) | 0.033* |
CCMB – Croatian Chamber of Medical Biochemists. Total score and mean scores for hospital and general practice laboratories are presented as mean (95% CI). 95% CI – 95% confidence interval. *Difference between hospital and general practice laboratories mean scores were calculated the Mann-Whitney test for independent samples. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. *Statistically significant difference.