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AMIA Annu Symp Proc
; : 881, 2008 Nov 06.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18998910
RESUMO
13% of all drug susceptibility tests (DSTs) performed at a public laboratory in Peru were duplicate. To determine reasons for duplicate requests an online survey was implemented in the e-Chasqui laboratory information system. Results showed that 59.6% of tests were ordered because clinical staff was unaware of ordering guidelines or of a previous result. This shows a benefit of using a web-based system and the lack of laboratory information available to clinical staff in Peru.