The effect of phlebotomy training on blood sample rejection and phlebotomy knowledge of primary health care providers in Cape Town : a quasi-experimental study
| dc.contributor.author | Abbas, Mumtaz | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Mukinda, Fidele K. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Namane, Mosedi | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-13T14:20:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-13T14:20:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-04 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Abbas, M., Mukinda, F. K. & Namane, M. 2017. The effect of phlebotomy training on blood sample rejection and phlebotomy knowledge of primary health care providers in Cape Town: A quasi-experimental study. African Journal of Primary Health care & Family Medicine, 9(1): a1242, doi:10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1242. | en_ZA |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: There is an increasing amount of blood sample rejection at primary health care facilities (PHCFs), impacting negatively the staff, facility, patient and laboratory costs. Aim: The primary objective was to determine the rejection rate and reasons for blood sample rejection at four PHCFs before and after a phlebotomy training programme. The secondary objective was to determine whether phlebotomy training improved knowledge among primary health care providers (HCPs) and to develop a tool for blood sample acceptability. Study setting: Two community health centres (CHCs) and two community day centres (CDCs) in Cape Town. Methods: A quasi-experimental study design (before and after a phlebotomy training programme). Results: The sample rejection rate was 0.79% (n = 60) at CHC A, 1.13% (n = 45) at CHC B, 1.64% (n = 38) at CDC C and 1.36% (n = 8) at CDC D pre-training. The rejection rate remained approximately the same post-training (p > 0.05). The same phlebotomy questionnaire was administered pre- and post-training to HCPs. The average score increased from 63% (95% CI 6.97‒17.03) to 96% (95% CI 16.91‒20.09) at CHC A (p = 0.039), 58% (95% CI 9.09‒14.91) to 93% (95% CI 17.64‒18.76) at CHC B (p = 0.006), 60% (95% CI 8.84‒13.13) to 97% (95% CI 16.14‒19.29) at CDC C (p = 0.001) and 63% (95% CI 9.81‒13.33) to 97% (95% CI 18.08‒19.07) at CDC D (p = 0.001). Conclusion: There is no statistically significant improvement in the rejection rate of blood samples (p > 0.05) post-training despite knowledge improving in all HCPs (p < 0.05). | en_ZA |
| dc.description.version | publishers version | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Abbas, M., Mukinda, F. K. & Namane, M. 2017. The effect of phlebotomy training on blood sample rejection and phlebotomy knowledge of primary health care providers in Cape Town: A quasi-experimental study. African Journal of Primary Health care & Family Medicine, 9(1): a1242, doi:10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1242. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2071-2936 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2071-2928 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1242 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/104252 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | AOSIS publishing | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | Authors retain copyright | |
| dc.subject | Primary health care -- South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Phlebotomy | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Pathological laboratories | en_ZA |
| dc.title | The effect of phlebotomy training on blood sample rejection and phlebotomy knowledge of primary health care providers in Cape Town : a quasi-experimental study | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |