Reference laboratories or referrals
This Includes:
- The specified contract specifies the relationship and responsibility of the two laboratories
- Register patient’s specimen and samples, and type of tests requested
- Writing sample transfer conditions and responsibility of the parties in order to maintain the quality of the sample, through the use of containers for transportation
- The method and duration of the archives received from the referral lab
Records of communication with reference laboratories or referrers
- Transportation records and the submission of samples and their compliance with the necessary requirements
- Reception records for received samples
- Reports on the rejection of the sample and its reasons