Table 2 Trends of average TAT of laboratory tests in APHI from January to September 2018
SN | Test type | Target TAT | TAT | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | ||||
1 | Viral load | 10 days | 26.1 | 19 | 21 | 11.4 | 8.4 | 9.9 | 15 | 13.8 | 12 | |
2 | EID | 10 days | 42.4 | 20.3 | 11 | 12.5 | 13 | 5.3 | 19 | 27 | 11 | |
3 | MDR TB | 64 days | 51.3 | 44.7 | 51.1 | 44 | 38.6 | 46 | 45 | 45.6 | 48 | |
4 | Genexpert | 2 days | 2.69 | 3 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 2.4 | |
5 | Basic culture and sensitivity | Blood | 8 days | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Others | 3 days | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2. 5 | 3 | 3. 3 | 3 | 3. 5 | 3. 5 | 3. 5 | ||
6 | Clinical chemistry | 2 h | 2 | 2 | 20.3 | 10 | 9.15 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.4 | |
7 | Measles | 7 days | 21 | 9.9 | 9 | 7.7 | 10.7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
8 | Immunohematology | 1 h | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.84 | 3.4 | 14.1 | 18.0 | 21 | 14. 3 | 17.6 | |