Using the e-Chasqui, web-based information system, to determine laboratory guidelines and data available to clinical staff.
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.
Blaya
Joaquin A
JA
Harvard-MIT Health Sciences & Technology, Cambridge, MA; Partners in Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Yagui
Martin
M
Contreras
Carmen C
CC
Palma
Betty
B
Shin
Sonya S
SS
Yale
Gloria
G
Suarez
Carmen
C
Fraser
Hamish S F
HS
D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000592:standards*; D010568:Peru; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D011786:Quality Control