Competency information
Details
Produce interpretative reports on laboratory investigations.
Considerations
- The information to be included in an interpretative report.
- How to construct an interpretative report and the format required for presentation.
- Limits of responsibility in the authorisation and issue of interpretative reports.
- Clinical conditions which may require urgent action and how to instigate such action.
- Normal and abnormal results and their significance to clinical question or condition.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Interpret routine requests for common H&I investigations in the correct clinical context and process the specimens that accompany those requests. |
| # 2 | Outcome Use laboratory IT systems for handling, processing, storing and retrieving patient data. |
| # 4 | Outcome Report the results of commonly performed H&I investigations. |