12 min readUpdated Jan 2026
Results Review Workflow Guide
Balance thorough verification with rapid turnaround. Well-designed review workflows can improve TAT by 25%+ while maintaining quality.
Two-Track Review Strategy
Auto-Verification Track
Routine results meeting all criteria automatically released.
- • QC in control
- • Within reference range (or within delta limits)
- • No instrument flags
- • Specimen quality acceptable
- • No critical values
Manual Review Track
Results requiring human judgment routed to review queues.
- • Critical values
- • Delta check failures
- • First abnormal result
- • Instrument flags
- • Complex interpretations
Key Review Checkpoints
1
QC Status — Confirm control results are acceptable for this test
2
Delta Check — Compare to prior results—flag unexpected changes
3
Specimen Quality — Hemolysis, lipemia, icterus, volume issues
4
Instrument Flags — Review any flags from analyzer
5
Clinical Correlation — Does result make sense with other tests?
6
Patient History — Known conditions that affect interpretation
TAT Optimization Strategies
Maximize Auto-Verification
Tune rules to handle 70-80% of results automatically
Prioritize Queues
Critical and STAT results surface first
Complete Information
All needed data on one screen—no hunting
Batch Similar Reviews
Group by test type for efficiency
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