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From order to verified report

Who: lab technicians and pathologists. Where: menu → Lab → Orders.

An order moves through five stages, shown at the top of the worklist: ordered, sample collected, processing, completed and verified.

The lab worklist
The lab worklist.

Search the worklist by patient name, UHID, phone or test. Select the eye on a row to open the order.

1. Collect the sample​

Select Collect Sample. Before anything else, confirm it is the right patient: scan the patient's wristband, or type the UHID. MedBrains checks it against the order, to prevent a sample being labelled for the wrong patient. Then select Confirm & collect.

Positive patient identification at collection
Positive patient identification at collection.

2. Process and enter the results​

  1. Select Start Processing when the sample is on the bench.
  2. Select Add Results. For each parameter, enter the Parameter, Value, Unit and Reference range, and the Flag when it is abnormal. Add Row adds another parameter.
  3. Select Save Results.
Entering a result
Entering a result.

3. Complete and verify​

  1. Select Complete. It is available only once results are saved: a test with no results cannot be completed. Completing it bills the test.
  2. Select Verify Results to release the result to the doctor. Only now does the doctor see it.
A verified report, ready to print
A verified report, ready to print.

Print Report prints the released report; PDF saves it.

Critical values​

A critical result shows as a red banner across the lab's screens until it is acknowledged. It cannot be released until the call to the doctor is recorded, and the person who entered a critical value cannot also be the one who releases it: a second person checks it.

When something goes wrong​

  • The identity check fails at collection. The UHID or wristband does not match the order. Stop: check the patient and the order before drawing.
  • Complete is greyed out. No results are saved yet; hovering over it says so.
  • "Could not verify results." The message says why: no results, a critical value not yet acknowledged, or a quality-control run that failed and has not been reviewed.