Assignment Instructions
CASE OF THE BELATED LAB TESTS
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITY – PART 3
CAHIIM Competency Assessed:
Subdomain III.H. Information Integrity and Data Quality
3. Apply quality management tools
4. Perform quality assessment including quality management, data quality, and identification of best practices for health information systems (Blooms 4)
The Team went back to the data collection forms and created this data table of Phlebotomy turnaround times.
KEY:
TAT – turnaround time
MF – Monday through Friday
SS – Saturday and Sunday
D- Day
E – Evening
N – Night
|
SPECIMEN |
TAT |
TEST |
DAY |
SHIFT |
FLOOR |
|
1 |
1.5 |
CBC |
MF |
D |
3B |
|
2 |
2.0 |
LYTES |
MF |
D |
3A |
|
3 |
4.0 |
CBC |
MF |
E |
3B |
|
4 |
.5 |
BUN |
SS |
E |
4B |
|
5 |
4.5 |
LYTES |
SS |
D |
4B |
|
6 |
1.0 |
GLC |
MF |
D |
4A |
|
7 |
3.5 |
CBC |
MF |
E |
3A |
|
8 |
2.0 |
LYTES |
MF |
D |
4C |
|
9 |
4.5 |
CBC |
MF |
N |
3B |
|
10 |
2.5 |
CBC |
SS |
D |
3C |
|
11 |
5.5 |
CBC |
MF |
E |
4B |
|
12 |
1.0 |
BUN |
MF |
D |
3A |
|
13 |
4.5 |
LYTES |
MF |
E |
3B |
|
14 |
2.0 |
GLC |
MF |
E |
3B |
|
15 |
4.5 |
GLC |
SS |
N |
4A |
|
16 |
4.5 |
CBC |
MF |
D |
3A |
|
17 |
1.5 |
LYTES |
MF |
D |
3A |
|
18 |
2.0 |
BUN |
MF |
D |
4B |
|
19 |
5.0 |
GLC |
SS |
N |
4C |
|
20 |
2.5 |
CBC |
MF |
D |
3C |
|
21 |
4.5 |
GLC |
SS |
N |
4A |
|
22 |
3.0 |
CBC |
SS |
E |
4C |
|
23 |
0.5 |
LYTES |
MF |
N |
3A |
|
24 |
5.0 |
LYTES |
MF |
D |
3C |
|
25 |
0.5 |
CBC |
MF |
D |
4B |
|
26 |
1.0 |
LYTES |
MF |
D |
4C |
|
27 |
4.0 |
LYTES |
MF |
E |
4A |
|
28 |
1.5 |
CBC |
SS |
E |
3C |
|
29 |
1.0 |
BUN |
MF |
N |
4C |
|
30 |
4.0 |
GLC |
MF |
D |
3A |
|
31 |
2.0 |
GLC |
SS |
D |
3C |
|
32 |
3.0 |
CBC |
MF |
D |
4B |
|
33 |
2.5 |
LYTES |
SS |
D |
3C |
|
34 |
2.0 |
GLC |
MF |
E |
4A |
|
35 |
5.0 |
CBC |
SS |
D |
3B |
|
36 |
1.0 |