caa a22 4500 378849395 CHVBK 20180305123319.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20030919xx s 000 0 eng 10.1515/CCLM.2003.211 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/CCLM.2003.211 Learning Curve of a New Hospital Laboratory. The Monitoring of Computer-Generated Turnaround Time of Laboratory Tests in an Emergency Department [Elektronische Daten] [Yu-Wen Huang, Wen-Hong Chen, Huei-Jen Wu, Hsueh-Yen Chien, Teng-Yi Lin, Hsiu-Huei Chiang, Tung-Ming Huang, Chin-Lon Lin] Learning curves have been described for different health technologies, mainly new surgical or diagnostic procedures, but learning curves for a new hospitals laboratory procedures have not been systematically studied. To monitor the timeliness (turnaround time) of stat tests from the Emergency Department as a marker of laboratory quality and to address the issue of a learning curve for procedures performed in a new hospital laboratory, we employed a computerized system for collecting data of turnaround time (from order entry to result verification) on stat tests from the Emergency Department of a newly opened (July 24, 2000) 471-bed general hospital. The data collection operates without user intervention. We evaluated the turnaround times of stat complete blood count and biochemistry tests from August 2000 to December 2001. Results show that it took 6 to 12 months before the turnaround times reached a plateau, we believe that this is the learning curve of a new hospital laboratory. Computer-generated turnaround times for Emergency Department stat tests appear to be a useful tool for monitoring the quality of laboratory tests and can demonstrate the learning curve of a new hospital laboratory. Clin Chem Lab Med 2003; 41(10):13731378 Copyright © 2003 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG Medical equipment & techniques nationallicence Medical diagnosis nationallicence Diseases & disorders nationallicence Huang Yu-Wen aut Chen Wen-Hong aut Wu Huei-Jen aut Chien Hsueh-Yen aut Lin Teng-Yi aut Chiang Hsiu-Huei aut Huang Tung-Ming aut Lin Chin-Lon aut Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Walter de Gruyter 41/10(2003-09-19), 1373-1378 1434-6621 41:10<1373 2003 41 cclm https://doi.org/10.1515/CCLM.2003.211 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/CCLM.2003.211 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Huang Yu-Wen aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chen Wen-Hong aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wu Huei-Jen aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chien Hsueh-Yen aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lin Teng-Yi aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chiang Hsiu-Huei aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Huang Tung-Ming aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lin Chin-Lon aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Walter de Gruyter 41/10(2003-09-19), 1373-1378 1434-6621 41:10<1373 2003 41 cclm CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter