title: Using the e-Chasqui, web-based information system, to determine laboratory guidelines and data available to clinical staff.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Harvard-MIT Health Sciences & Technology, Cambridge, MA; Partners in Health, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Joaquin A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Blaya
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yagui
authors.forename: Carmen C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Contreras
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Palma
authors.forename: Sonya S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yale
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Suarez
authors.forename: Hamish S F
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Fraser
mesh_terms: 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