Table 5. Changes in risk priority number between 2015 and 2018 for the Key incident monitoring and management system program quality indicators.
| QI | Reduction of the overall change in RPN (%) | QI | Increase of the overall change in RPN (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haemolysed samples | 31.0 | Insufficient identifiers | 5.4 |
| Discrepancy of ID | 27.0 | Insufficient sample | 1.9 |
| Incorrect fill of samples | 23.0 | Unlabelled | 0.8 |
| Storage or transport of sample | 3.1 | Transfusion ID issues | 0.8 |
| Sample contaminated | 2.3 | WSIT | 0.4 |
| Sample not collected | 1.9 | ||
| Clotted samples | 1.6 | QI | No overall change in RPN (%) |
| Report sent to wrong Dr | 1.2 | Incorrect sample type | 0 |
| QI – quality indicators. RPN - risk priority number. ID - patient identifiers. Dr – requesting medical practitioner. WSIT- wrong sample in tube (tube and paperwork labelled with matching, but incorrect patient identifiers). The overall reduction of 9.5% in the RPN from 2015 compared to 2018 is not evenly spread between the QIs. | |||