A 2-year study of patient safety competency assessment in 29 clinical laboratories.
Am J Clin Pathol
; 129(6): 959-62, 2008 Jun.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18480014
ABSTRACT
Competency assessment is critical for laboratory operations and is mandated by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988. However, no previous reports describe methods for assessing competency in patient safety. We developed and implemented a Web-based tool to assess performance of 875 laboratory staff from 29 laboratories in patient safety. Question categories included workplace culture, categorizing error, prioritization of patient safety interventions, strength of specific interventions, and general patient safety concepts. The mean score was 85.0%, with individual scores ranging from 56% to 100% and scores by category from 81.3% to 88.6%. Of the most difficult questions (<72% correct), 6 were about intervention strength, 3 about categorizing error, 1 about workplace culture, and 1 about prioritization of interventions. Of the 13 questions about intervention strength, 6 (46%) were in the lowest quartile, suggesting that this may be a difficult topic for laboratory technologists. Computer-based competency assessments help laboratories identify topics for continuing education in patient safety.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Laboratórios Hospitalares
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Ciência de Laboratório Médico
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Competência Clínica
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Gestão da Segurança
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Erros Médicos
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Clin Pathol
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos