Desempeño laboratorial de las unidades de atención primaria en el diagnóstico de tuberculosis en Pelotas, Brasil

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ID15533554
AutoresDagoberta Alves Vieira Beduhn (Universidade Federal de Pelotas, autor de correspondencia), James Harter (0000-0002-9130-4290, Universidade Federal de Pelotas), Jenifer Harter, Simone Pieren dos Reis (Universidade Federal de Pelotas), Luize Barbosa Antunes (0000-0003-3077-8609, Universidade Federal de Pelotas), Roxana Isabel Cardozo Gonzalez (0000-0001-7180-897X, Universidade Federal de Pelotas), Roxana Isabel Cardozo-Gonzales
Año2014
Volumen30
Número4
Páginas621-5
Fecha de publicación2014-03-11
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaRevista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1726-4634 • E-ISSN: 1726-4642
EditorialNational Institute of Health of Peru (PUBLISHER • PE)
DOI10.17843/rpmesp.2013.304.242
PMID24448939
OpenAlexW1498360303
IdiomaES

In order to assess laboratory performance of Primary Care Units (UAP, Spanish acronym) in TB diagnosis though the sputum smear test in Pelotas, Brazil, a descriptive study was completed which included all sputum smear tests requested at eleven primary care units from 2007 to 2010. To assess laboratory performance, the number of sputum smear tests requested was quantified as well as the time between the request and the reading of the glass slides at the lab. 477 requests were registered at UAP. Of this total, only 51,8% were found in the laboratory s record book, the lowest performance was 24,2% and the highest 71,4%. Regarding the reading of glass slides, it was determined that 27,7% readings took 8 days or more. It is concluded that the primary care units in Pelotas have a low laboratory performance in TB diagnosis by sputum smear tests

Family medicine · Pathology · Primary care · Sputum · Tuberculosis · Health, Nursing, Elderly Care · Medicine · Public Health in Brazil