Using the e-Chasqui, web-based information system, to determine laboratory guidelines and data available to clinical staff
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Joaquin A Blaya1, Martin Yagui, Carmen C Contreras
1Harvard-MIT Health Sciences & Technology, Cambridge, MA; Partners in Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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.
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