Correct answers of upper and lower limits and units of critical values | There is a delay in reporting critical laboratory values | Satisfied with the way a staff would report critical laboratory values | |||||||||
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Median | (IQR) | p | Yes | No | I don’t know | p | Yes | No | I don’t know | p | |
Hospital | < .001 | .112 | .002 | ||||||||
A | 0.0 | (0) | 4 | 49 | 4 | 42 | 8 | 7 | |||
B | 2.0 | (12) | 22 | 57 | 6 | 75 | 4 | 8 | |||
C | 0.0 | (3) | 31 | 106 | 12 | 132 | 16 | 4 | |||
D | 0.0 | (1) | 12 | 76 | 7 | 81 | 9 | 6 | |||
E | 3.0 | (12.75) | 29 | 103 | 6 | 129 | 8 | 1 | |||
Unit | < .001 | .090 | < .001 | ||||||||
Microbiology | 0.0 | (0) | 22 | 77 | 9 | 96 | 9 | 5 | |||
Hematology | 3.0 | (4) | 38 | 124 | 6 | 155 | 11 | 3 | |||
Biochemistry | 7.0 | (18) | 19 | 91 | 8 | 107 | 9 | 3 | |||
Histopathology | 0.0 | (0) | 10 | 29 | 7 | 29 | 8 | 10 | |||
Immunology | 0.0 | (0) | 1 | 22 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 3 | |||
Virology | 0.0 | (0) | 6 | 31 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 1 | |||
Molecular genetics | 0.0 | (0) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
Reception | 0.0 | (0) | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||
Gender | .094 | 0.015 | .462 | ||||||||
Male | 0.0 | (3) | 27 | 162 | 9 | 177 | 16 | 7 | |||
Female | 0.0 | (5) | 70 | 229 | 26 | 281 | 29 | 19 | |||
Age | .006 | .085 | .123 | ||||||||
Below 30 years | 0.0 | (3) | 41 | 113 | 12 | 151 | 9 | 8 | |||
30–45 years | 0.0 | (3) | 43 | 209 | 21 | 227 | 31 | 17 | |||
46–55 years | 1.0 | (4) | 10 | 36 | 2 | 44 | 4 | 1 | |||
Over 55 years | 3.0 | (6) | 4 | 32 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | |||
Nationality | < .001 | < .001 | < .001 | ||||||||
Kuwaiti | 0.0 | (5) | 43 | 121 | 23 | 142 | 30 | 17 | |||
Non-Kuwaiti | 0.0 | (2) | 55 | 269 | 11 | 315 | 15 | 9 | |||
Profession | < .001 | .030 | < .001 | ||||||||
Doctor | 0.0 | (1) | .099 | 6 | 46 | 8 | .002 | 40 | 12 | 8 | .730 |
Assistant register | 0.0 | (0) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
Register | 0.0 | (1) | 0 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 3 | |||
Senior register | 0.0 | (4) | 1 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | |||
Specialist | 0.0 | (2) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
Senior specialist | 0.0 | (0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Consultant | 2.0 | (7) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
Technician | 0.0 | (4) | .278 | 92 | 343 | 27 | .475 | 417 | 33 | 18 | .039 |
Assistant practitioner | 0.0 | (11.25) | 2 | 24 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 1 | |||
Practitioner | 0.0 | (2) | 4 | 27 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | |||
Senior practitioner | 0.0 | (3) | 4 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 2 | |||
Assistant technician | 0.0 | (3.75) | 9 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 0 | |||
Technician | 0.0 | (4) | 50 | 180 | 13 | 228 | 12 | 7 | |||
Senior technician | 3.0 | (7) | 8 | 27 | 2 | 30 | 6 | 1 | |||
Specialist | 0.0 | (3) | 7 | 26 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 2 | |||
Senior specialist | 0.5 | (3) | 7 | 34 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 3 | |||
Position | .116 | .049 | < .001 | ||||||||
Head of department | 0.0 | (6) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
Head of unit | 0.0 | (2) | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||
Laboratory doctor | 0.0 | (1) | 3 | 37 | 8 | 32 | 9 | 7 | |||
Head of laboratory technicians | 0.0 | (2) | 5 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | |||
Technician | 0.0 | (4) | 86 | 320 | 26 | 395 | 26 | 16 | |||
There is a delay in reporting critical laboratory values | .049 | < .001 | |||||||||
Yes | 0.0 | (4) | 75 | 17 | 6 | ||||||
No | 0.0 | (4) | 362 | 21 | 8 | ||||||
I don’t know | 0.0 | (4) | 17 | 6 | 12 | ||||||
Satisfied with the way a staff would report critical laboratory values | .001 | ||||||||||
Yes | 0.0 | (4) | |||||||||
No | 0.0 | (2) | |||||||||
I don’t know | 0.0 | (0) |