| Title: |
Pilot studies in Mexican clinical laboratories . I. Characterization of structure and productivity ; Programa piloto en laboratorios clínicos mexicanos. I. Caracterización de estructura y productividad |
| Authors: |
de Gortari, Eduardo; Loria, Alvar; Terres, Arturo; Gonzalez Salayandia, Marco Antonio; Hernandez, Maria Antonie |
| Source: |
Salud Pública de México; Vol. 36 No. 5 (1994); 473-478 ; Salud Pública de México; Vol. 36 Núm. 5 (1994); 473-478 ; 1606-7916 ; 0036-3634 |
| Publisher Information: |
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública |
| Publication Year: |
1994 |
| Collection: |
Salud Pública de México (E-Journal) |
| Subject Terms: |
quality assessment; health care; clinical laboratory; Mexico; control de calidad; sistemas de salud; laboratorio clínico; México |
| Description: |
Objective: to validate a questionnaire which evaluates the structure of clinical laboratories and to obtain information on its productivity. Participants: a group of 18 laboratories belonging to hospitals of second (N= 15) and third (N= 3) levels of health care. Fifteen participants belong to the public sector and three are first rate private institutions. They are located in the metropolitan area of Mexico City comprising the Federal District (N= 12) and the State of Mexico (N= 6). Methods: the questionnaire has 12 items which received a 0, 1/2 or 1 score. The maximum possible score for a perfect laboratory as well as for any question is 100. The questionnaire was filled during a visit to the participating hospitals by auditors of the agency of the Ministry of Health in charge of licensing laboratories at a national level. Information covering six months of work was obtained to calculate productivity using number of tests per worker per month. Results: the global score of the 18 participants was 49. The private ones had the high est scores (79 to 96) which was to be expected as they were selected for their high technical and human resources. The five State laboratories had a score above the global mean, but only one of the Federal ones was in this situation. A high interlaboratory variability was observed, i.e. productivity in the highest rated was nine times larger than in the lowest rated. This finding suggests the presence of interlaboratory differences in the criteria used in the collection of productivity information. Conclusions: this short questionnaire can be used as a first approximation to identify structure deficiencies of the Mexican clinical laboratories. ; Explorar la validez de una cédula de evaluación de estructura (CEE) para caracterizar laboratorios clínicos, así como recabar datos de productividad de los mismos. Participantes: un grupo de 18 laboratorios de hospitales de segundo y tercer niveles de atención de los sectores público y privado, localizados en el área metropolitana de la Ciudad ... |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf; text/html |
| Language: |
Spanish; Castilian |
| Relation: |
https://saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/5783/6425; https://saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/5783/6426; https://saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/5783 |
| Availability: |
https://saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/5783 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.7860E618 |
| Database: |
BASE |