The impact of physician education regarding the importance of providing complete clinical information on the request forms of thrombophilia-screen tests at Tygerberg hospital in South Africa

Ibtisam Abdullah; Andrea D. Jafta; Zivanai C. Chapanduka

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0235826

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The impact of physician education regarding the importance of providing complete clinical information on the request forms of thrombophilia-screen tests at Tygerberg hospital in South Africa

Ibtisam Abdullah,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Health Laboratory Service Tygerberg Hospital and Division of Haematological Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6152-5730

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Andrea D. Jafta,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation AMPATH Laboratories and Division of Haematological Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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Zivanai C. Chapanduka

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: zivanai@sun.ac.za

Affiliation National Health Laboratory Service Tygerberg Hospital and Division of Haematological Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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The impact of physician education regarding the importance of providing complete clinical information on the request forms of thrombophilia-screen tests at Tygerberg hospital in South Africa

Ibtisam Abdullah,
Andrea D. Jafta,
Zivanai C. Chapanduka

Published: August 6, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235826

About the Authors

Ibtisam Abdullah

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Health Laboratory Service Tygerberg Hospital and Division of Haematological Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6152-5730

Andrea D. Jafta

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation AMPATH Laboratories and Division of Haematological Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

Zivanai C. Chapanduka

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: zivanai@sun.ac.za

Affiliation National Health Laboratory Service Tygerberg Hospital and Division of Haematological Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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