[Assessment of biological sampling's quality in a medical laboratory: case of Côte d' Ivoire Institute Pasteur].
BACKGROUND
Assurance quality is important in medical laboratory, but in Africa, few laboratories are involved in this process. The aim of this study was to assess biological sampling's quality in a bacteriological laboratory.


METHODS
A cross sectional study was undertaken in medical bacteriological laboratory of Côte d' Ivoire Institute Pasteur during 6 months. All urines, saddles, and bronchial expectorations collected from ambulatory patients during this period were included in the study. The quality of urine's, saddles and bronchial expectorations' sampling for a bacteriological analysis was evaluated. An interview based on Guidelines of good laboratories practices and referential ISO 15189 was used. A total of 300 samples were indexed.


RESULTS
On a total of 300 recorded biological samples, 224 (74.7%) were not in conformity. In 87.5% of the cases of nonconformities, an antibiotic's treatment were preliminary instituted before the sampling. Corrective actions were carried in the laboratory on 30 samples with 56.6% for the urines, 26.7% for the saddles and 16.7% for the bronchial expectorations.


CONCLUSIONS
At the end of this study, it arises that the quality of the biological sampling received at the medical bacteriology laboratory need to be improved.
UFR des Sciences Médicales d' Abidjan Département de Microbiologie, Institut Pasteur de Côte d'Ivoire Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Abidjan. kouassimbengue@yahoo.fr
Alphonsine
A
Kouassi-M'Bengue
Stephane
S
Koffi
Pascale
P
Manizan
Abdoulaye
A
Ouattara
Adele Kacou
AK
N'Douba
Mireille
M
Dosso
D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000592:standards*