SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY OF HEPATITIS C PATIENTS VISITING TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL.

Background: Hepatitis C is a very common blood-borne disease of liver caused by Hepatitis C Virus and about two third of these patients will ultimately end up having liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. This study was carried out to determine the sociodemographic status of the hepatitis C infected patients visiting tertiary care hospitals in Lahore, Pakistan.

Methods: This study was conducted during the months of October and November 2009.

Injudicious use of laboratory facilities in tertiary care hospitals at Rawalpindi, Pakistan: a cross-sectional descriptive study.

Background: In recent years inappropriate and excessive use of clinical laboratory facilities has become a cause of concern and has led to concurrent rise in the laboratory errors and the health care costs. The aim of the study was to find out the frequency of incomplete laboratory request forms, inappropriate test requests at various professional levels and the financial impact of uncollected reports at Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) and Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Laboratory Rawalpindi.

Methods: The cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted during a three month period from April to June 2012 at AFIP and CMH Laboratory Rawalpindi.