Every sample traceable, every result signed

What it does

Laboratory Information System

A laboratory is judged on two things: whether the result is right, and whether it arrived in time. Both are undermined by paper — a sample identified by a name written on a tube, a result transcribed by hand, a turnaround time nobody measures because nobody recorded when the sample actually arrived.

• Patient and sample registration with barcode labels printed at reception
• Test ordering by panel or individual test, with sample-type validation
• Sample tracking: received, in progress, verified, reported, archived
• Analyser interfacing so results land in the system without retyping
• Result entry with reference ranges and automatic abnormal flagging
• Two-stage validation — technologist entry, pathologist verification
• Internal quality control with Levey-Jennings charts and Westgard rules
• Turnaround time reporting by test, by section and by shift
• Cash, NHIF and corporate billing at registration
• Result delivery by print, email, SMS notification or portal
• Reagent and consumable stock with expiry and lot tracking

Tanzania

Quality standards a Tanzanian lab is held to

• Health Laboratory Practitioners Council — practitioner registration recorded against the staff who validate results.
• ISO 15189 practice — traceability, validation, QC records and document control structured for accreditation.
• NHIF billing — tests priced and claimed at the point of ordering.
• Reagent lot control — lot and expiry recorded against each run, which is what a QC investigation needs.
• Turnaround commitments — measured from actual sample receipt, not from when someone remembered to log it.