Table 5 Mean value of times in the two study periods. First quartile, median and third quartile are reported in brackets

Time to positivity

16.0

17.9

14.1

16.1

18.9

13.3

(10.1–14.0-19.1)

(12.1–17.0-22.1)

(10.0–12.0-15.0)

(11.0–13.0-18.1)

(12.1–16.1-22.0)

(10.0–11.1-14.0)

Processing time

67.1

67.7

66.3

45.3

47.0

43.4

(52.8–61.2-78.5)

(52.0–59.2-76.2)

(54.6–62.8-83.4)

(31.7–37.7-51.8)

(30.9–37.5-51.9)

(31.9–37.8-51.3)

Intra-laboratory TAT

83.1

85.6

80.4

61.4

65.9

56.7

(69.3–74.7-93.8)

(69.2–74.8-89.7)

(69.5–74.5-95.6)

(47.6–51.4-72.5)

(48.6–59.8-73.1)

(44.6–50.5-65.6)