Patient Reports (Physician Office or Long-Term Care Setting)

Report Types

Clients may choose from one of the following selections to meet their reporting needs:

1. New Activity Event Reports
2. Final Event Reports (only)
3. Daily Event Reports followed by Final Event Reports

New Activity Event Reports [Teal border]

• A new report is generated as new results are processed.
• The report contains the new activity since the last report.
• All order codes display.
• Clients are requested to retain all reports to ensure that the patient chart is complete.

Final Event Reports (Only) [Teal border]

• A report qualifies to print when all testing is completed for a specific patient encounter.
• Clients are requested to retain all reports to ensure that the patient chart is complete.

Daily Event Reports [Burgundy border]
Followed by
Final Event Reports [Teal border]

• A Daily Event Report is generated when one or more test results are pending on a patient encounter. When a new Daily Report qualifies to print, it contains all previous test results as well as the new activity. ‘Old’ Daily Reports may be replaced as the new ones are generated.
• The Final Event Report prints when results for all orders in an event have been completed.
• The Daily Event Report(s) should be discarded when the Final Report is generated.

Report Content Format

Each report contains the following information for Chemistry and Hematology testing:

• Ordered tests
• Collection Date & Time // Received Date & Time
• Test name and corresponding results
• Reference ranges and units of measure (when applicable)
• Abnormal results demarcated with * symbol
• Critical values demarcated with ** symbol
• Priority codes such as STAT
• Result date and time

Microbiology procedures display:

• Ordered tests
• Collection Date & Time// Received Date & Time
• Procedure Name
• Specimen Source
• Special requests or comments
• Results
• Report status: Pending or Final
• Result date and time

Blood Bank testing includes:

• Ordered tests
• Collection Date & Time // Received Date & Time
• Information about each allocated unit for type & crossmatches
• Patient ABO/Rh
• Antibody information
• Result date and time

Reports may also contain additional information such as:

• Special order comments about faxing and result notification.
• An indication that the report was forwarded upon request to a “copy to” physician.
• Explanation of test results.
• Pertinent details about critical values and abnormal data that are communicated to a clinician.
• Notification about tests that are canceled, indicating a reason for the cancellation, amended reports that are clearly indicated, and contain the new activity as well as the previously reported data.