Table 2: General knowledge of laboratory personnel at Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital and St.Paul Millennium medical college, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018.

Have you take phlebotomy training

Frequency

Percent

Yes

22

52.4

No

20

47.6

How do you check identity of patient when collecting blood

 

 

I ask the patients relatives

7

16.7

I check patients hospital ID

25 

59.5

I call patients name

10

23.8

Do you label the collection time on test tube

 

 

Yes        

35

83.3       

No

7    

16.7

If yes how do you mark sampling time on request and tube

 

 

Both tube and request

28

71.8       

Test tube only

9

23.1

Not always but sometimes

2

5.1

If you see hematoma when performing blood collection what did you do

 

 

I stop before first tube collection

25

59.5

I stop any time during sampling

15

35.7

I stop after the sampling finished

2

4.8

Do you know recommended minimum volume to be filled in tube

 

 

yes

40

95.2

no

2

4.8

Do you have adequate knowledge on phlebotomy

 

 

yes

37

88.1

no

5

11.9

Do you have knowledge in proper collection and handling of sample

 

 

yes

24

57.1

no

16

38.1

Do you have knowledge on impact of phlebotomy in quality lab result

 

 

yes

38

90.5

no

1

2.4

missing

3

7.1

How do you mix the test tube has additive

 

 

I always mix

38 

90.5

I always mix except when I am busy  

4

9.5

How store the test tube immediately after sampling

 

 

in test tube stand rack

42

100

When do you transport specimens  

 

 

immediately after withdraw

4

9.5

within a time according to nature request

36

85.7

after all patient withdraw

2

4.8

How do you transport specimen

 

 

by holding with my hand

2

4.8

by test tube stand rack      

40

95.2