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1	The Cost of Preanalytical Errors in the Context of Inpatient Complete Blood Count Testing Burrows, James Michal 15 November 2013 (has links) The majority of laboratory testing errors originate in the pre-analytical phase. While the causes and frequencies of pre-analytical errors are well characterized, there are few studies investigating the cost of these errors. The objective of this research was to build a model to quantify the cost of pre-analytical errors occurring during inpatient complete blood count (CBC) testing at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Sunnybrook). The resultant cost model accounts for the costs of materials, resources, and personnel-time consumed in the CBC testing process. In 2011, pre-analytical errors in inpatient CBC testing cost Sunnybrook $43,462, and represented a loss of 775 employee hours due to laboratory test repetition and error-related activities. This cost model represents the minimum cost of a pre-analytical error, as costs extraneous to the laboratory were beyond the study scope. Future studies investigating downstream effects of pre-analytical errors and the costs associated with them should be conducted. Pre-analytical Pre-analytical error Laboratory Laboratory error Cost Finance Patient safety Medical error Quality Improvement Quality assurance Error Pre-analytical phase CBC complete blood count 0769
2	The Cost of Preanalytical Errors in the Context of Inpatient Complete Blood Count Testing Burrows, James Michal 15 November 2013 (has links) The majority of laboratory testing errors originate in the pre-analytical phase. While the causes and frequencies of pre-analytical errors are well characterized, there are few studies investigating the cost of these errors. The objective of this research was to build a model to quantify the cost of pre-analytical errors occurring during inpatient complete blood count (CBC) testing at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Sunnybrook). The resultant cost model accounts for the costs of materials, resources, and personnel-time consumed in the CBC testing process. In 2011, pre-analytical errors in inpatient CBC testing cost Sunnybrook $43,462, and represented a loss of 775 employee hours due to laboratory test repetition and error-related activities. This cost model represents the minimum cost of a pre-analytical error, as costs extraneous to the laboratory were beyond the study scope. Future studies investigating downstream effects of pre-analytical errors and the costs associated with them should be conducted. Pre-analytical Pre-analytical error Laboratory Laboratory error Cost Finance Patient safety Medical error Quality Improvement Quality assurance Error Pre-analytical phase CBC complete blood count 0769

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The Cost of Preanalytical Errors in the Context of Inpatient Complete Blood Count Testing

The Cost of Preanalytical Errors in the Context of Inpatient Complete Blood Count Testing