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Mislabelled, dam
aged
and
lost sp
ecim
en con
tainers a
nd
requ
isitio
ns con
tinually occur despite patient sa
fety incide
nces
that have occurred
in th
e past
Ap
proxim
ately 70% of d
efective specim
en errors o
ccur whe
n requ
isitio
ns are inaccurately m
atched
to sp
ecim
en con
tainers
Re
quisitio
n and specim
en arrive at th
e lab separately hinde
ring
processin
g efficiency and disrup
ting workflow
The Prob
lem
Impact
Our App
roach
4.De
fective Specim
en Error Spreadshe
et
Results
Next Steps
Acknow
ledgem
ents
We wou
ld like to
than
k Saleem
Cha
ttergo
on, Karen
Cha
pman
, Susan
Clancy an
d Brian Yee for their
ongo
ing supp
ort a
nd guida
nce over th
e course of this p
roject.
The irretrie
vablenature of spe
cimen
s collected
in th
e Ope
ratin
g Ro
om m
ake de
fective specim
en errors a
burning
platfo
rm fo
r patie
nt sa
fety
OR staff voice con
cerns a
bout m
issing specim
en con
tainers
however th
ey have no
clear und
erstanding
of the
freq
uency of
these errors
The lab spen
ds 2‐3 hou
rs per week resolving specim
en defects
Alam
jeet
Chauhan, Elissa Dow
ney, Tahrin
Mahmoo
d, SaroshTambo
li, M
onika Torio
, Kyle Tsang
University of Toronto, Institute for H
ealth
Care Im
provem
ent
Toronto East General Hospital
Redu
ce th
e nu
mber o
f Operatin
g Room
requ
isitio
n‐to‐specimen
container mism
atches by
50% over two PD
SA cycles
Defective Specimen
Error Run
Chart (Jan
2013 –Mar 2014)
5.Form
ation of a m
ultid
isciplinary OR Specim
en W
orking
Group
Met weekly with
OR, lab and po
rteringstaff to
strategize on po
tential solutions to
defective specim
en
errors
i.Test of change run in OB/GY
N
Ope
ratin
g Ro
oms
ii.Specim
en placed in plastic bag by
Circulating Nurse
iii.
Requ
isitio
n folded
with
patient
inform
ation facing
outward and placed
in outer slot of p
lastic bag
iv.
Plastic
bag transferred to so
iled utility
room
for p
orter p
ick‐up
PDSA
Cycle Recipe
6.Co
mpleted
two PD
SA cycles
Key Overall Learnings
Re
latio
nship bu
ilding im
proves fron
tline
staff b
uy‐in
Ch
oose data collection tools wise
ly
Accurate data is difficult to obtain
Need staff to see its value
Need to be available to sup
port staff d
uring PD
SA cycles
Learnings from PDS
A#1:
1.Not all staff aware ne
w sp
ecim
en preparatio
n process was
being trialed
2.Not eno
ugh data collected
to determine if process was an
improvem
ent
Plan
for P
DSA#
2: re
peat sa
me prep
aration process
with
increased aw
aren
ess
1.Ope
ratin
g Ro
om observatio
ns
Followed
collection and transport o
f spe
cimen
from
OR
to lab
2.Specim
en Preparatio
n Process M
ap
3.Cause and Effect Diagram