Profession | Total | p-value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Laboratory professionals frequency (%) | Non-laboratory professional frequency (%) | |||
1. Pre-collection phase | ||||
Patient identification frequency | ||||
Undesirable | 0 (0%) | 48 (47.5%) | 48 (40%) | <0.001 * |
Conscious patient identification | ||||
Undesirable | 17 (89.5%) | 78 (77.2%) | 95 (79.2%) | 0.357* |
Unconscious patient identification | ||||
Undesirable | 8 (42.1%) | 41 (40.6%) | 49 (40.8%) | 0.895§ |
Diet restriction assessment | ||||
Undesirable | 12 (63.2%) | 37 (36.6%) | 49 (40.8%) | 0.057 § |
Allowing patients to rest in sitting | ||||
Undesirable | 11 (57.9%) | 60 (59.4%) | 71 (59.2%) | 0.895§ |
Labeling test tubes | ||||
Undesirable | 0 (0%) | 22 (21.8%) | 22 (18.3%) | 0.022 * |
Checking expiry dates of test tubes | ||||
Undesirable | 2 (10.5%) | 34 (33.7%) | 36 (30%) | 0.056 * |
2. Actual collection phase | ||||
Vein selection procedure | ||||
Undesirable | 6 (31.6%) | 50 (49.5%) | 56 (46.7%) | 0.236§ |
Wearing gloves | ||||
Undesirable | 4 (21.1%) | 12 (11.9%) | 16 (13.3%) | 0.281* |
Puncture site cleansing | ||||
Undesirable | 6 (31.6%) | 31 (30.7%) | 37 (30.8%) | 0.846§ |
Wetness of the site during needle insertion | ||||
Undesirable | 2 (10.5%) | 29 (28.7%) | 31 (25.8%) | 0.151* |
Way of pulling syringe plunger out of veins | ||||
Undesirable | 0 (0%) | 4 (4.0%) | 4 (3.3%) | 1.000* |
Patients’ hand position during sampling | ||||
Undesirable | 16 (84.2%) | 65 (64.4%) | 81 (67.5%) | 0.113* |
Timing of tourniquet removal | ||||
Undesirable | 12 (63.2%) | 37 (36.6%) | 49 (40.8%) | 0.057 § |
3. Post-collection phase | ||||
Specimen transferring practice | ||||
Undesirable | 3 (15.8%) | 64 (63.4%) | 67 (55.8%) | <0.001 * |
Mixing specimen with additives | ||||
Undesirable | 1 (5.3%) | 64 (63.4%) | 65 (54.2%) | <0.001 * |
Specimen storage | ||||
Undesirable | 1 (5.3%) | 26 (25.7%) | 27 (22.5%) | 0.070* |
Specimen transport | ||||
Undesirable | 2 (10.5%) | 45 (44.6%) | 47 (39.2%) | 0.005 * |