Quality Control Strategy
Severity of Harm Survey

The key goal of this survey is to estimate the severity of patient harm associate with an incorrect reported result for a selected panel of common analytes tested in a medical laboratory. The purpose is to use your medical lab knowledge to establish an international consensual classification which can be used to improve patient risk management.

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* 1. How would you rate the severity of patient harm if a clinician would interpret incorrect reported results from these analytes?

N.B: As we understand that an erroneous result could generate different severity of harm depending on clinical context and error depth we advise you to consider the most unfavorable situation that can occur in your lab activity.

Negligible - inconvenience or temporary discomfort

Minor - temporary injury or impairment not requiring medical intervention

Serious - injury or impairment requiring medical intervention

Critical - permanent impairment or life-threatening injury

Catastrophic - patient death

	Neglible	Minor	Serious	Critical	Catastrophic
Sodium Serum/plasma	Sodium Serum/plasma Neglible	Sodium Serum/plasma Minor	Sodium Serum/plasma Serious	Sodium Serum/plasma Critical	Sodium Serum/plasma Catastrophic
Potassium Serum/plasma	Potassium Serum/plasma Neglible	Potassium Serum/plasma Minor	Potassium Serum/plasma Serious	Potassium Serum/plasma Critical	Potassium Serum/plasma Catastrophic
Troponin Serum/plasma	Troponin Serum/plasma Neglible	Troponin Serum/plasma Minor	Troponin Serum/plasma Serious	Troponin Serum/plasma Critical	Troponin Serum/plasma Catastrophic
Glucose Serum/plasma	Glucose Serum/plasma Neglible	Glucose Serum/plasma Minor	Glucose Serum/plasma Serious	Glucose Serum/plasma Critical	Glucose Serum/plasma Catastrophic
Creatinine Serum/plasma	Creatinine Serum/plasma Neglible	Creatinine Serum/plasma Minor	Creatinine Serum/plasma Serious	Creatinine Serum/plasma Critical	Creatinine Serum/plasma Catastrophic
Phosphorus Serum/plasma	Phosphorus Serum/plasma Neglible	Phosphorus Serum/plasma Minor	Phosphorus Serum/plasma Serious	Phosphorus Serum/plasma Critical	Phosphorus Serum/plasma Catastrophic
ALT Serum/plasma	ALT Serum/plasma Neglible	ALT Serum/plasma Minor	ALT Serum/plasma Serious	ALT Serum/plasma Critical	ALT Serum/plasma Catastrophic
Lipase Serum/plasma	Lipase Serum/plasma Neglible	Lipase Serum/plasma Minor	Lipase Serum/plasma Serious	Lipase Serum/plasma Critical	Lipase Serum/plasma Catastrophic
Protein (Total) Serum/plasma	Protein (Total) Serum/plasma Neglible	Protein (Total) Serum/plasma Minor	Protein (Total) Serum/plasma Serious	Protein (Total) Serum/plasma Critical	Protein (Total) Serum/plasma Catastrophic
Iron Serum/plasma	Iron Serum/plasma Neglible	Iron Serum/plasma Minor	Iron Serum/plasma Serious	Iron Serum/plasma Critical	Iron Serum/plasma Catastrophic
Albumin Serum/plasma	Albumin Serum/plasma Neglible	Albumin Serum/plasma Minor	Albumin Serum/plasma Serious	Albumin Serum/plasma Critical	Albumin Serum/plasma Catastrophic
Digoxin Serum/plasma	Digoxin Serum/plasma Neglible	Digoxin Serum/plasma Minor	Digoxin Serum/plasma Serious	Digoxin Serum/plasma Critical	Digoxin Serum/plasma Catastrophic
TSH Serum/plasma	TSH Serum/plasma Neglible	TSH Serum/plasma Minor	TSH Serum/plasma Serious	TSH Serum/plasma Critical	TSH Serum/plasma Catastrophic
Cancer antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) Serum/plasma	Cancer antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) Serum/plasma Neglible	Cancer antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) Serum/plasma Minor	Cancer antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) Serum/plasma Serious	Cancer antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) Serum/plasma Critical	Cancer antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) Serum/plasma Catastrophic
hCG Total Serum/plasma	hCG Total Serum/plasma Neglible	hCG Total Serum/plasma Minor	hCG Total Serum/plasma Serious	hCG Total Serum/plasma Critical	hCG Total Serum/plasma Catastrophic
Haemoglobin Whole Blood	Haemoglobin Whole Blood Neglible	Haemoglobin Whole Blood Minor	Haemoglobin Whole Blood Serious	Haemoglobin Whole Blood Critical	Haemoglobin Whole Blood Catastrophic
Platelet Whole Blood	Platelet Whole Blood Neglible	Platelet Whole Blood Minor	Platelet Whole Blood Serious	Platelet Whole Blood Critical	Platelet Whole Blood Catastrophic
DD-dimer Plasma	DD-dimer Plasma Neglible	DD-dimer Plasma Minor	DD-dimer Plasma Serious	DD-dimer Plasma Critical	DD-dimer Plasma Catastrophic
Fibrinogen Plasma	Fibrinogen Plasma Neglible	Fibrinogen Plasma Minor	Fibrinogen Plasma Serious	Fibrinogen Plasma Critical	Fibrinogen Plasma Catastrophic
Prothrombin time Plasma	Prothrombin time Plasma Neglible	Prothrombin time Plasma Minor	Prothrombin time Plasma Serious	Prothrombin time Plasma Critical	Prothrombin time Plasma Catastrophic

About you

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* 2. In what country do you work?

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* 3. What is your background?

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* 4. What is your principal medical lab activity:

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* 5. Are you working in a:

Private lab

General Hospital lab

University Hospital laboratory

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Please provide any feedback or comments you wanted to share regarding this survey, that could help us moving forward.

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* 7. What are the 10 additional analytes you would like to be classified in the future if we were to run a second survey?

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* 8. Would you like to participate in the committee reviewing the results? Leave your contact details below and we will contact you.

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* 2. In what country do you work?

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* 3. What is your background?

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* 4. What is your principal medical lab activity:

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* 5. Are you working in a:

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* 6. Please provide any feedback or comments you wanted to share regarding this survey, that could help us moving forward.

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* 7. What are the 10 additional analytes you would like to be classified in the future if we were to run a second survey?

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* 8. Would you like to participate in the committee reviewing the results? Leave your contact details below and we will contact you.

Quality Control Strategy
Severity of Harm Survey