1. SPECIMEN TRACKING TO IMPROVE ER TURNAROUND
ED TAT

2. MAIN ISSUE
ED DEPARTMENT DISSATISFIED WITH TURN AROUND TIME ON STAT TESTS SENT TO ED LAB/CORE LAB
PROLONGED TAT LEADS TO DELAY IN MOVING PATIENT, DECREASING ED THROUGHPUT
ED DEPARTMENT UNHAPPY WITH LAB METRICS BEING USED

3. LABORATORY DATA
LAB METRICS BASED ON VARIOUS TAT GATHERED FROM DATABASE FOR CHOSEN TESTS
ORDER / VERIFY
ORDER/COLLECTED
COLLECTED/RECEIVED
RECEIVED/VERIFY

4. PREVIOUS DATA POINT FOR REPORTS

5. PREVIOUS REPORTS ORDER TIME ORDER TO COLLECT TAT COLLECTED TIME
COLLECT TO RECEIVE TAT
RECEIVER TIME
RECEIVE TO VERIFY TAT
VERIFY TIME
ORDER TO VERIFY TAT
ORDER TO COLLECT TAT
COLLECT TO RECEIVE TAT
RECEIVE TO VERIFY TAT
ORDER TO VERIFY TAT

6. PREVIOUS DATA ORDER TIME ORDER TO COLLECT TAT COLLECTED TIME
COLLECT TO RECEIVE TAT
RECEIVER TIME
RECEIVE TO VERIFY TAT
VERIFY TIME
ORDER TO VERIFY TAT
ORDER TO COLLECT TAT
COLLECT TO RECEIVE TAT
RECEIVE TO VERIFY TAT
ORDER TO VERIFY TAT

7. CAN EXTRACT INTO REPORTS
ED/LAB REQUEST FROM IT
RELIABLE DATA POINT
EASY PROCESS FOR STAFF
CAN EXTRACT INTO REPORTS

8. SPECIMEN TRACKING OPPORTUNITY
Scanning Into Lab after collection : prior to receipt
Data point cannot be manipulated by users
ED Issue
LAB Issue

9. SPECIMEN TRACKING SETUP
TABS MUST BE FILLED OUT FOR SPECIMEN TRACKING STOP: DEPOT, SPECIMEN SETUP, SPECIMEN STATUS AND SPECIMEN STOPS, NO SPECIFIC ORDERS, BUT ALL MUST VALUED

10. DEPOT
SPECIMEN STOP

11. SPECIMEN STATUS
SPECIMEN LOCATION

12. SPECIMEN SETUP

13. OPERATIONAL WORK FLOW
EQUIPMENT
WORKSTATION
MONITOR
SCANNER
SOFTLAB
Specimen Tracking
Tracking Function Menu

14. SPECIMEN TRACKING

15. TRACKING HISTORY/DATA POINTS

16. TRACKING HISTORY/DATA POINTS

17. NEW REPORTS WITH EXTRA DATA POINT FROM SPECIMEN TRACKING

18. OVERALL TAT

19. NURSING TAT SOFT REPORT

20. LAB TAT SOFT REPORT

21. ED ORDER TO COLLECT

22. ED COLLECT TO SCAN

23. LAB SCAN TO RECEIVE

24. LAB RECEIVE TO VERIFY

25. OVERALL TAT