An external laboratory request is cancelled after it was sent
Record the authorised cancellation, the laboratory reply and the remaining follow-up against the original request. A sent message does not stop the work.
Library topic
External laboratory reports
Follow a request out to the laboratory and its report back to the clinician, including a cancelled request, a partial result and an unreviewed handover.
Printable template
External laboratory referral and results tracker
Follow an external laboratory request from referral to returned report and clinician review, with a named owner for each outstanding administrative step.
For authorised hospital staff following external laboratory requests
Printable template
External laboratory report review handover
Hand over external laboratory reports still awaiting clinician review, including partial reports, an absent ordering clinician and unfinished follow-up.
For staff receiving external reports and clinicians taking over review responsibility
Printable template
Hospital external laboratory contact review sheet
Check the administrative contact details and request channels your hospital uses for external laboratory work, and record who confirmed each change.
For the colleague maintaining the hospital laboratory contact directory
When only part of an external laboratory report arrives
Record a partial report, keep the outstanding request open and hand the available document to the responsible clinician. Reception does not interpret it.