Clinical chemistry laboratory errors at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 1 Total pre-analytical errors observed (N = 1633) on clinical chemistry laboratory request forms in SPHMMC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Items	Well written (n)	% well written	Errors (n)	% errors
Patient ID number	1633	100	–	–
Patient name	1625	99.5	8	0.5
Gender	1376	84.3	257	15.7
Age	1443	88.4	190	11.6
Ward/clinic name	1615	98.9	18	1.1
Physician name	248	15.2	1385	84.8
Clinical data	448	27.4	1185	72.6
Physician signature	1137	69.6	496	30.4
Correct request	1387	84.9	246	15.1
Date of request	1474	90.3	159	9.7

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