Related Pick List Descriptions

The departments within the laboratory that perform the tests (e.g., microbiology, virology, serology, chemistry, etc.).

The list of tests performed by the laboratory that are of interest to infection control.

The list of identified organisms provided by the lab during implementation.

For example, "Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus "Aureus” from microbiology.

See Available Organism and Isolate Settings for details.

Additional descriptions found to identify organisms that already belong to the list above and which are aliased to one of those entries.

For example, the abbreviated description “MRSA” aliased to "Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus" above.

See Available Organism and Isolate Settings for details.

The list of phrases used to apply rules to growth details related to specific tests.

The list of phrases used to determine negative results.

The list of phrases used to ensure certain unusual results will always appear in the Lab Inbox.

For example, corrected or amended results, those where isolation precautions are recommended or those where reporting to the state health department is stated as required.

Organism categories or groups.

The list of organism codes and associated tests to be filtered out.

The list of phrases used to determine if a piece of text should be regarded as a comment.

The list of phrases used to apply rules to specimen details.

The list of component results that are not of interest in determining if a result is to be treated as abnormal. This list mostly applies to non-microbiology results.

The list of phrases used for results sent to an external laboratory for testing to determine if they are of interest to infection control. The test type is often just a single code or a small group of codes and the result has to be analyzed in more detail to apply this filter.

The code indicates if the result is a preliminary, final or changed result.