Quality assurance programme in haematology at a teaching hospital in the eastern region of Nepal.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
; 1999 Apr; 42(2): 145-9
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ABSTRACT
Quality assurance in haematology laboratory is intended to ensure the reliability of the laboratory tests. A quality assurance programme has two main aspects, namely, internal quality control and external quality assessment. A two year experience of quality assurance in haematology laboratory at B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal, is presented here. As a part of internal quality control, test results in the laboratory were scrutinized before release on a daily basis. Inconsistent result were checked for the given values with control material. In addition, the laboratory is a participant of the 'External Haematology Quality Assurance Programme' conducted by WHO regional reference centre at AIIMS, New Delhi, India. Variations related to errors in manual and autopipetting, calibration and inter-observer differences have been noted from time to time and rectified. The programme has helped us to deliver quality service in haematology laboratory at BPKIHS.
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IMSEAR
Main subject:
Quality Assurance, Health Care
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Laboratories, Hospital
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Hematology
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Hospitals, Teaching
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Nepal
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
Year:
1999
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Article