Abstract :
Clinical laboratory is a health laboratory that carries out examination
services in the fields of hematology, clinical chemistry, clinical microbiology,
clinical parasitology, clinical immunology, anatomical pathology, and other
fields related to individual health interests, especially to support efforts to
diagnose disease, cure disease and restore health. The difference in blood
creatinine levels in the study was caused by the process of delaying the
examination so that serum that had not been tested immediately had to be
stored at room temperature and resulted in a decrease in creatinine levels. The
initially normal level became low and the high level became normal due to the
length of delay in the examination.
This study uses an experimental research design. The purpose of this study
was to determine whether or not there was an effect of serum creatinine
examination which was checked immediately with a delay for 2 days at room
temperature (20-25Oc). The samples used were 37 serum samples from class
3A2 of the National STIKES TLM D3 Study Program which were obtained by
total sampling technique.
The results of the normality test of serum creatinine examination data that
were examined immediately and delayed obtained data that were not normally
distributed, then continued with the Wilcoxon statistical test and obtained a
significant value less than 0.05 so that the hypothesis was accepted.
From the results obtained, it can be concluded that there is a delay effect
on creatinine levels.