Development of Autoverification System for Complete Blood Count (CBC) Analysis
Keywords:
autoverification (AV) system, complete blood count (CBC), laboratory, turnaround timeAbstract
Background and Objective: The complete blood count (CBC) is the most common test in the laboratory. A lot of patients and many steps in the process lead to more staff stress and turnaround time (TAT). This study aimed to set and investigate the parameters of an autoverification (AV) system to improve the efficiency and reduce TAT.
Method: This study was conducted at diagnostic microscopic laboratory, Srinagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University. Set up the AV rules. Evaluate the resulting of AV rules by comparing the AV results to the 200 manually slide blood smear tests. Compare TAT at before and after AV implementation.
Results: False negative was 0.5 %, 2.5 %, 1.0 % for parameter WBC, RBC and platelet, respectively. After the implementation AV passing rate was 42.8 %, the means TAT was decreased from 43.7 to 34.2 min in routine case and from 37.0 to 33.3 min in emergency case.
Conclusion: The AV system can not only reduce the TAT but also increase the lab working efficiency by applying the appropriate rules. In the future, the system efficiency could be continuously improved by a new knowledge and high technology.
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