3.3.2 Is the Test Report Ready to be Released? 2024
Illuminating the Path to ISO 15189 (SLMTA 3) e-Learning Course Download Video
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PURPOSE:
Test result reports should be complete, accurate, legible, and clinically valid. In this activity, participants cross-check atest report to identify errors and omissions that must be resolved before the report is released.
KEY MESSAGES:
- A cross-check provides a quality step to review the accuracy and reliability of results prior to release.
- Each test request should have a corresponding result that is accurate and clinically meaningful.
- Laboratory errors and omissions are best handled prior to their release from the laboratory. However, the most efficient way to handle errors is to prevent their initial occurrence.
SELF ASSESSMENT:
Can you:
- Cross-check a laboratory report identifying errors and omissions?
- Provide the next steps to resolve or prevent the errors or omissions?
Instructor(s)
Beatrice van der Puije
Ms. van der Puije helped redesign the classroom-based SLMTA 3 curriculum for on-line delivery and will serve as an instructor and facilitator of the e-learning course. Based in Ghana, Ms. van der Puije is a Public Health Program Manager at African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), a pan-African organisation strengthening medical laboratory networks and systems in Africa. Ms. van der Puije is a certified QMS Trainer, with a Master of Science Degree in Medical Immunology and Microbiology. She is a SLMTA master trainer and has trained numerous laboratorians in the past decade.