• JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Feb 2023

    Knowledge of Internal Quality Control for Laboratory Tests among Laboratory Personnel Working in Department of Biochemistry in a Tertiary Care Center: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study.

    • Bijaya Mishra, DasBinod Kumar LalBKLDepartment of Biochemistry, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Ghopa, Dharan, Nepal., KhanSeraj AhmedSADepartment of Biochemistry, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Ghopa, Dharan, Nepal., Basanta Gelal, Apeksha Niraula, Rajendra Kumar Chaudhari, and Madhab Lamsal.
    • Department of Biochemistry, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Ghopa, Dharan, Nepal.
    • JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2023 Feb 1; 61 (258): 167170167-170.

    IntroductionClinical laboratory holds a central position in patient care, thus, ensuring accurate laboratory test results is a necessity. Internal quality control ensures day-to-day laboratory consistency. However, unless practised, laboratory quality systems cannot be achieved. This depends on the efforts and commitment of laboratory personnel for its implementation. Hence, the aim of this study was to find out the knowledge of internal quality control for laboratory tests among laboratory personnel working in the Department of Biochemistry in a tertiary care centre.MethodsThis was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted from 1 July 2022 to 30 August 2022 after receiving ethical approval from Institutional Review Committee (Reference number: 2341/022). Semi-structured questionnaire was used to assess knowledge on internal quality control. Three non-respondents were excluded. The operational definition of the knowledge domain was set before finalizing the questionnaire. The convenience sampling method was used. Point estimate and 95% Confidence Interval were calculated.ResultsAmong 20 laboratory personnel, 5 (25%) (6.02-43.98, 95% Confidence Interval) had adequate knowledge of internal quality control. The mean knowledge score was 12±2.44.ConclusionsThe prevalence of adequate knowledge of internal quality control for laboratory tests among laboratory personnel working in the Department of Biochemistry was similar to the other study done in a similar setting.Keywordsbiochemistry; knowledge; laboratory personnel; quality control.

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