Lab Quality & Test Utilization Toolbox

Practical templates and step-by-step tools to improve test appropriateness, reduce unnecessary testing, and speed critical lab results to clinicians.

Audit Template

Lab Turnaround Time Audit & Root-Cause Worksheet

An interactive audit form to record order-to-result timestamps, capture pre-analytic/analytic/post-analytic delay causes, collect staffing and transport observations, and capture root-cause analysis and improvement actions. Includes recommended KPIs and visualization guidance in the introduction.

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Lab Turnaround Time Improvement Kit

A practical, adaptable toolkit that helps laboratory and clinical teams map, measure, and shorten laboratory turnaround time (TAT), improve critical-result communications, and sustain TAT gains through audits, governance, and continuous improvement.

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