What is medical laboratory testing?
Laboratory tests check a sample of your blood, urine, or body tissues. A technician or your doctor analyzes the test samples to see if your results fall within the normal range.
What are the basic laboratory tests?
Common Lab Tests
- Complete Blood Count. This test, also known as a CBC, is the most common blood test performed.
- Prothrombin Time.
- Basic Metabolic Panel.
- Comprehensive Metabolic Panel.
- Lipid Panel.
- Liver Panel.
- Thyroid Stimulating Hormone.
- Hemoglobin A1C.
What are common medical tests?
Ordinary x-rays are the most common imaging tests. Others include ultrasonography, radioisotope (nuclear) scanning, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), and angiography.
What is lab order form?
Background. The laboratory request form (LRF) is a communication link between laboratories, requesting physicians and users of laboratory services. Inadequate information or errors arising from the process of filling out LRFs can significantly impact the quality of laboratory results and, ultimately, patient outcomes.
What are the types of medical laboratory?
Laboratory Types
- Analytical and Quality Laboratories.
- Biosafety Laboratories.
- Cleanrooms.
- Clinical and Medical Laboratories.
- Incubator Laboratories.
- Production Laboratories.
- Research & Development (R&D) Laboratories.
What is a laboratory test request?
The test requisition combines patient registration information, billing information, specimen information, barcoded specimen labels and a provider order for confirmation of testing.
How do you label a specimen?
Each package should contain a line list with the following information for each included specimen: patient name, ID number, date collected, specimen type, clinical contact name and phone number, and submitter contact name, affiliation, phone number and e-mail address.