Audit and feedback to reduce inappropriate Full Blood Count pathology testing

Using pathology-specific laboratory profiles in Clinical Pathology to reduce inappropriate test requesting: two completed audit cycles

BACKGROUND Systematic reviews have shown that, although well prepared, the Consensus Guidelines have failed to change clinical practice. In the healthcare district of Castelnovo né Monti (Reggio Emilia, Italy), it became necessary for the GPs and Clinical Pathologists to work together to jointly define laboratory profiles. METHODS Observational study with two cycles of retrospective audit on ...

Local reference ranges for full blood count and CD4 lymphocyte count testing.

OBJECTIVE Recent advances in full blood count and CD4 technology, coupled with the changing population demographics of the Gauteng region, have necessitated reevaluation of the reference ranges currently in use. METHODS A cross-sectional study of 631 female and 88 male HIV-negative participants from the Gauteng region was performed. Full blood count, automated differential and CD4 count analy...

antibiotic and interventions to reduce inappropriate prescribing

Provide an optimal audit model to reduce fraudulent financial reporting

Fraud in financial reporting and accounting has grown significantly in recent years due to the financial crises created in companies, so that fraud has become a political and economic issue and today the legislature, the accounting profession and the causes The creation of fraud in it as well as the ways to deal with fraudulent behavior in financial statements have received special attention. T...

Testing Stewardship: A ‘Hard Stop’ to Reduce Inappropriate C. diff Testing