LABORATORY WORKFLOW AND LABORATORY FORMS

LABORATORY WORKFLOW

 is a set of procedural rules

used to manage and
coordinate tasks between
people and systems in the
lab.
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 are often guided by

standard operating
procedures (SOP) and are
most effective when
thoughtfully developed to
reflect real-world practices
in the lab.
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Request Request Patient will be Information of A statement

form will be form will be interviewed / inpatients is of account
instructed on encoded through
received in examined or charge
test the nurse stations
the for requirements while outpatients' slip will be
laboratory. complete such as is encoded generated.
information. fasting. through the
Patient shall laboratory OPD
also be central,
properly emergency room,
identified. or doctors' office
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An appropriate A barcode / lab Patient Specimens with
specimen will control number information and corresponding
be collected. will be requests tests request forms
generated for will be logged will be
each specimen. into forwarded to an
logbooks or assigned
forms. section of the
laboratory.
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 Specimen is Received in
Laboratory for processing
 Once samples are received in
the laboratory, they are
processed based on the
orders associated with each
sample.
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 Send out complex testing
 Most laboratories cannot
complete all of the testing
required for a patient.
 These specimens are prepared
to be sent out following very
strict preparation guidelines.
 The laboratories that complete
this testing are called
reference laboratories.
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 Perform In-House Testing
 are sorted based on the
testing that will be done.
 In general, the main types of
testing are Chemistry,
Hematology, Urinalysis,
Immunohematology, and
Serology.
 Each type of testing has its
own set of instrumentation.
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 Result Review
 After the samples are run
through the instruments, the
results are uploaded to the
laboratory information system
(LIS) for review by a licensed
laboratory technologist.
 The technologist reviews
whether the testing was
successful, and can be approved
for release, or if the sample
integrity was not sufficient.
LABORATORY
FORMS
LABORATORY REQUEST
FORM
helps the laboratory to work with
the patients to determine what
tests need to be done
  Patient Information
LABORATORY
 Complete Name
FORMS
 Age
Contents of A
 Sex
Laboratory
Request Form  Birthday
/ Requisition  Diagnosis
Form  Other pertinent information
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 Specimen Information
FORMS
 Type of specimen
Contents of A
Laboratory  Date and time of collection
Request Form  Special considerations such as
/ Requisition fasting and time variation
Form
LABORATORY  Physician Information
FORMS  Name
Contents of A  Signature,
Laboratory  Clinic Address,
Request Form
 Contact No.
/ Requisition
Form  Laboratory test/s requested
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RESULT FORM

are documents
used by medical
officials to
communicate and
file the results of
specimen
analysis.
LABORATORY  Patient Information:
FORMS AT LEAST with
Contents of A  Complete name
Laboratory  Age
Result Form  Sex
LABORATORY  Specimen Information:
FORMS  AT LEAST with Type of
Contents of A specimen
Laboratory  Date and time of request
Result Form  Date and time of specimen
reception
LABORATORY  Laboratory test/s
FORMS performed
Contents of A  Corresponding results of
Laboratory the lab test/s
Result Form
 Normal values or reference
ranges for each test
LABORATORY  Signature of Medical
FORMS
Technologist
Contents of A
 Signature of Chief Medical
Laboratory
Result Form
Technologist
 Signature of Pathologist
REFERENCES:

Hadden, J. 2017. Clinical Laboratory Workflow. Retrieved from https://medium.com/@jhadden83/clinical-laboratory-

workflow-33bfb06a0a00 on September 3, 2022.
Wrington, E. N.D. Lab Request Form. Retrieved from https://www.jotform.com/form-templates/lab-request-form on
September 3, 2022
LabKey. 2020. Creating a Laboratory Workflow for Sample Management. Retrieved from
https://www.labkey.com/laboratory-workflow-for-sample-management/ on September 3, 2022.
ACTIVITY
Design your own laboratory request and result form
using MS word.
*Hematology
**Clinical Chemistry
***Urinalysis
****Fecalysis