Table 2

Pathology ordering volumes, by number of admissions and aggregated bed days for all tests and by test types

Test		Pre implementation	During implementation	Post implementation	Total
All tests	Number ordered	737 829	798 902	849 951	2 386 682
	Tests/admissions	28.47	29.68	32.19	30.30
	Tests/bed days	5.81	6.10	6.43	6.12
UEC	Number ordered	85 735	92 878	97 083	275 696
	Tests/admissions	3.31	3.45	3.68	3.50
	Tests/bed days	0.68	0.71	0.73	0.71
FBC	Number ordered	65 757	70 603	75 532	211 892
	Tests/admissions	2.54	2.62	2.86	2.69
	Tests/bed days	0.52	0.54	0.57	0.54
Troponin	Number ordered	7696	9169	9259	26 124
	Tests/admissions	0.30	0.34	0.35	0.33
	Tests/bed days	0.06	0.07	0.07	0.07
TSH	Number ordered	1992	2352	2441	6785
	Tests/admissions	0.08	0.09	0.09	0.09
	Tests/bed days	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Vitamin D	Number ordered	1104	1361	1294	3759
	Tests/admissions	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.05
	Tests/bed days	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
HbA1c	Number ordered	1739	1790	1855	5384
	Tests/admissions	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07
	Tests/bed days	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
CRP	Number ordered	23 668	29 667	34 718	88 053
	Tests/admissions	0.91	1.10	1.31	1.12
	Tests/bed days	0.19	0.23	0.26	0.23

CRP, C reactive protein; FBC, full blood count; HbA1c, haemoglobin A1c; TSH, thyroid-stimulating hormone; UEC, urea, electrolytes and creatinine.