Table 1 Characteristics of the laboratory request forms submitted to the hematology laboratory and errors at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Documented items | Well written items (%) | Number of errors (%) |
|---|---|---|
Patient ID number | 2606 (100) | 0 (0) |
Patient name | 2600 (99.8) | 6 (0.2) |
Ward/clinic name | 2587 (99.3) | 19 (0.7) |
Request type | 2515 (96.5) | 91 (3.5) |
Date of request | 2440 (93.6) | 166 (6.4) |
Gender | 2340 (89.7) | 266 (10.3) |
Age of patient | 2308 (88.5) | 298 (11.5) |
Physician name | 391 (15) | 2215 (85) |
Physician signature | 1764 (67.7) | 842 (32.3) |
Clinical detail | 779 (29.9) | 1827 (70.1) |