Assessment of Compliance Indicators for Examination Requests at University Hospital Center of Kati

Abstract

Introduction: The request for a radiological examination is a prescription sent to a radiologist by a doctor or another health professional with the required skills. The aim of our work was to analyze the compliance of examination requests in the medical imaging department of CHU-Kati. Methodology: This was a prospective and cross-sectional study of medical imaging examination requests in the Medical Imaging Department of Kati University Hospital over a period of one month from December 5, 2015 to January 5, 2016. The parameters studied were on the compliance criteria which are eight (8) in number, five of which are administrative (date of the request, requesting department, patient's surname and first name, patient's age, applicant's identification) and three (3) clinical (anatomical region, reason for the examination and purpose of the examination). Results: At the end of our study, we identified 300 imaging examination requests distributed as follows: standard radiography was 66% followed by ultrasound 19.69%, scanner 12% and radiography examinations with contrast product 2.33%. The largest number of bulletins belonged to the C.H.U of Kati with 53% followed by the military infirmary, 31.43% and other 15.57% of cases (Other means the other structures (C.H.U-Gabriel TOURE, C.H.U-Point G, clinics and medical practices)). The least noted administrative criterion was the patient's age with 25.33% of cases. The anatomical region requested on the reports was present in 100% of the cases, the reason for the examination represented 75.57% of the cases and only on 7.33% of the requests for examination existed the purpose of the examination. The information found on the requests was illegible in 3.33% of the cases and the profession of the patients was noted in 98.33% of the cases. The presence of all the administrative criteria of the requests for examination was nil Compared to the relationship between the qualification and the other criteria of conformity: The address ..