In the UK we've been auditing quality of electronic reporting and I have some numbers on current use with the 500m tests reported per annum on 47m request by GPs.
Most people (80 sites) are using mg/mmol at the moment I think. 3 on g/mol 2 on g/mmol.
You can see this on PMIP UNITS if you look at the ref range data - http://www.ychi.leeds.ac.uk/pmipunits/Audit/RefRanges.aspx (you may have to cut and paste this as sometimes MS Outlook doesn't work!!)
One issue we have is that a significant number of labs don't use the appropriate codes for the tests. You can see this in the rest of the public audit data.
In pursuit of evidence-based, clinically governed IT practice.
Best wishes
Rick
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From: Clinical biochemistry discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Graham jones
Sent: 30 January 2013 22:16
To: [log in to unmask]; Richard Jones [Pathology]
Subject: Re: SI units - recommended units
For Australian subscribers (and other interested parties):
The RCPA program on units standardisation is recommending mg/mmol for urine protein creatinine ratio (PCR). This has recently been put out for public comment: http://www.rcpa.edu.au/Publications/PUTS/Biochemistry.htm This puts PCR in the same units as albumin creatinine ratio as published in the MJA position statement and uses the recommended units for the individual components. While this is numerically the same as g mol*-1 the adoption of the same units and the same formatting of units between labs and other reference sources is important to reduce potential misunderstandings of results.
Regards,
Graham
>>> Jonathan Kay <[log in to unmask]> 31/01/2013 8:04 am >>>
g mol^-1
… wrote it that way because I can't be sure what other people's email systems can render.
And everything should be reported in SI units, whatever we did in the past.
Jonathan
On 30 Jan 2013, at 20:11, Bouhtiauy, Ihssan (VitaliteNB) wrote:
Hi,
What are the SI units for protein/creatinine ratio. And should we report it in SI units or no units or g/g?
Ihssan
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