Frequency of Specimen Rejection and Associated Factors at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Abstract

Clinical laboratory diagnosis is an integral part of the clinical decision of health care service. while every phase is error prone, different literatures showed that more than 70% of errors in clinical laboratory occur in the pre analytical phase. The purpose of this study is to determine the frequency of specimen rejection and associated factors at st. Paul’ s Hospital Millennium Medical College, addis ababa, ethiopia.

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  • Published Date : 2015-10-05