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  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Healthcare Quality Improvement
  • Internal Medicine

Background:

  • Routine inpatient biochemical testing is frequently overused without clear clinical indications.
  • This contributes to increased healthcare costs and potential patient harm.
  • Optimizing laboratory test ordering is crucial for efficient patient care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To reduce low-value biochemical testing in a Danish cardiology ward.
  • To achieve a 5% reduction in biochemical tests within 6 months and sustain it for 12 months.
  • To ensure no adverse effects on length of stay, discharges after noon, or 30-day readmissions.

Main Methods:

  • A quality improvement project utilizing the Model for Improvement and Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles.
  • Interventions included physician/nurse education, refinement of biochemical profiles, and a feedback dashboard.
  • Data collected pre-intervention (Feb 2022-Feb 2023) and post-intervention (Mar 2023-Feb 2025).

Main Results:

  • Biochemical tests decreased by 54% (hospitalization hours adjusted) and 48% (caseload adjusted) after profile refinement.
  • The proportion of results outside reference ranges increased by 21%.
  • Re-testing intervals for hemoglobin and troponin-I were extended; no adverse safety signals were observed.

Conclusions:

  • A simple, pragmatic intervention bundle effectively halved routine biochemical tests.
  • This optimization increased the diagnostic yield of tests without causing measurable harm.
  • The findings support the implementation of similar strategies to improve laboratory test efficiency.