Pathologist

Report and verify laboratory results, log critical values, reject unsuitable samples and complete your sign-off checklists.

Pathologist

Who this is for

You are a Pathologist: the authorised signatory for laboratory reports. In CareList you can:

• see every test order (Diagnostics),
• move lab orders through Received in lab, Processing and Reported,
• verify (sign off) lab reports,
• flag critical values and reject samples.

You do not register or cancel orders, collect samples or hand reports over. Those belong to the front desk, phlebotomists and technicians.

What you see

Bottom tab bar: Home, Tasks, Scan, Diagnostics and More. In a hospital your fourth tab is still Diagnostics.

More sheet:

Plus Notifications, My account, User manual and Help center. You have no Manage group and no Patients.

Your day

1. Open Diagnostics and tap the In progress chip. Orders are sorted STAT first, then Urgent, then by due time.
2. Check the TAT breached tile. You get one notification per order the first time it passes its target.
3. Open each Reported order and verify it.
4. Respond to Critical value notifications from technicians and make sure the call is right.
5. Complete any sign-off checklists waiting in Tasks, for example Report Verification & Release.

Step by step

Verify a report

1. Open the order: tap it in Diagnostics, search the accession number (for example DX-000012), or scan the sample label from Scan.
2. Check the tests, the patient details and the TAT line ("of 24h target").
3. If your lab uses it, tap Add checklist, choose Report Verification & Release, leave Assign to: me and tap Add to order. Then tap Start, answer, sign and tap Submit inspection.
4. Tap Mark as verified. The green message shows the TAT and whether it was (on time) or (target missed).

Under the pipeline, the page now reads Verified by with your name.

Note: If someone marked the order critical without logging the call, verifying fails with Record who was notified of the critical result before verifying. Log the call first.

Flag a critical value

The Flag critical value panel appears once a lab order is at Processing or later.

1. Phone the referring doctor (or the patient) and get a read-back.
2. Open Flag critical value. In Notified to (name, role) type, for example, Dr Mehta, consultant.
3. Leave Time notified blank for now, or set the real time of the call.
4. Tap Save critical value call.

A red Critical result banner then appears on the order. See Critical value workflow.

Reject an unsuitable sample

1. On the order, tap Reject / cancel (or scroll to Reject sample or cancel order).
2. Type or pick a Reason, for example Haemolysed, Clotted or Insufficient volume.
3. Tap Close order and confirm.

Your role can only reject, not cancel. Rejected orders leave the TAT figures, and any open checklists on them close. Ask the front desk or a phlebotomist to register a new order for the recollection.

Report a step yourself

If the technician is busy you can tap Mark as received in lab, Mark as processing and Mark as reported yourself.

What you can't do

When a step is not yours, the order shows Next: … — waiting for a colleague whose role allows this step.

Try it

Sign in as pathologist@diagnostics.test (diagnostic centre) or pathologist@hospital.test (hospital), password password. In the demo diagnostic centre, open Diagnostics → Breached and tap Mohan Das (STAT Troponin I, at Processing). Tap Mark as reported, then Mark as verified, and read the TAT message. Arjun Nair shows what a logged critical result looks like. Follow the full path in Lab test order workflow.