Assessment of Coverage and Quality of Selected Clinical Chemistry Tests among Medical Laboratories of Health Facilities in Jimma Zone, South West Ethiopia

Table 5

Summaries of the results of all test values obtained from two governmental hospitals, two higher clinics, two diagnostic clinics, one other governmental, and three medium clinics laboratories in Jimma zone.

Tests	Sample	Stated value	Mean value	No of values reported	Range	Median	SD	Allowable limit of error (%)	% of unacceptable values	% acceptable values
ALT	P	139.7	110.1	30	50.2	108.0	13.2	20	76.6	23.3
	N	36.6	23.3	29	33.3	25.5	6.9	20	89.7	10.3
Glucose	P	292.5	218.4	30	122.0	217.4	28.15	10	96.7	3.3
	N	117.0	95.7	30	61.0	93.4	12.7	10	83.3	16.7
Creatinine	P	4.2	4.2	24	4.0	4.0	.9	15	41.7	58.3
	N	1.5	1.4	25	0.6	1.4	.16	15	38.0	72.0
Total bilirubin	P	6.9	4.4	24	3.5	4.7	.9	20	95.8	4.2
	N	2.4	1.4	24	2.5	1.1	.64	20	95.8	4.2
Average									77.2	24.0