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Table 1 Completion of laboratory request forms (n = 1000)

From: Injudicious use of laboratory facilities in tertiary care hospitals at rawalpindi, pakistan: a cross-sectional descriptive study

Category

CMH Rawalpindi

AFIP

n (%)

n (%)

Patient information

Name

500 (100%)

500 (100%)

Age

240 (48%)

360 (72%)

Gender

276 (55%)

356 (71%)

Ward/department

270 (54%)

280 (56%)

Specimen information

Nature of specimen

195 (39%)

207 (41%)

Date of collection

24 (5%)

86 (17%)

Clinical notes

Provisional diagnosis

45 (9%)

110 (22%)

Clinical notes

12 (2%)

63 (13%)

Physician name

426 (85%)

407 (81%)

  1. n = Total number of laboratory request forms reviewed, % = percentage, CMH = Combined Military Hospital, AFIP = Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.