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Table 2 Distribution of Test requests based on professional level (n = 536)

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

Test

Specialists n (%)

Trainee/resident n (%)

GP n (%)

FNA (n = 76)

34(45%)

22(29%)

20(26%)

Anti-CCP (n = 81)

50(62%)

19(23%)

12(15%)

PCR-HCV (n = 116)

94(81%)

16(14%)

6(5%)

VIT D (n = 100)

83(83%)

9(9%)

8(8%)

QuantiFERON-TB Gold (n = 95)

26(27%)

18(19%)

51(54%)

Coagulation profile (n = 68)

44(65%)

14(21%)

10(15%)

Total n = 536

331(62%)

98(18%)

107(20%)

  1. n = total number of test requests sent, % = percentage, GP = General Practitioner, FNA = Fine Needle Aspiration, CCP = Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide, PCR-HCV = Polymerase Chain Reaction-Hepatitis C Virus, Vit-D = Vitamin D, TB = Tuberculosis.