Lab Test Ordering
- How to Order Lab Tests (updated 10/15/18)
- MGH Inpatient Provider Ordering Tips
- How to Order Laboratory Add-On Tests
- How to Order a Miscellaneous Test
- How to Order a Microbiology Test
- Commonly Ordered Microbiology Tests
- Ordering CSF Tests and Labeling Specimens
- How to Look Up Epic Lab Codes
- PRN (As Needed) Lab Order
- How to Order Body Fluids
- How to Order and Collect Glucose Tolerance Tests
- Molecular and Cytogenetics Testing Guide
- Flow Cytometry Orders – Blood
Order Status and Troubleshooting
- How to Reprint a Laboratory Requisition
- How to Check Lab Order Status and Detail
- How to Cancel Lab Orders
- Reasons Why Sunquest Lab Labels Will Not Print
- Micro Results Review Tip Sheet
Specimen Collection, Labeling, and Packaging
- Specimen Labels and Printer Basics
- Sunquest Label Tube Codes and Pediatric Crosswalk
- Epic Lab Workflow Overview
- General Guidelines for Tube Collection
- Tube Code Crosswalk and Label Information
- How to Apply Sunquest Laboratory Labels
- Specimen Labeling and Packaging
- Timed Urine & Stool Collection & Labeling Instructions (24 hour urines)
- Collection Manager Tip Sheet
Ambulatory Specific Topics
- How to Cancel Lab Orders
- How to Check Lab Order Status and Order Detail
- Collecting Specimens in a Practice
- Encounters: Creating and Documenting
- Linking Orders to an Appointment
- Using Standing Orders
- Guidelines for Releasing Lab Orders
Anatomic Pathology
- Ordering & Collection of Anatomical Pathology Specimens (Ambulatory)
- Anatomic Pathology Ordering User Guide (Ambulatory)
- Anatomic Pathology Ordering User Guide (Inpatient)
- How to Reprint an Anatomical Pathology Requisition
- Intraoperative Specimen Collection
- How to Print an Intraoperative Specimen Requisition
- How to Print and Intraoperative Specimen Label
- How to Correct an Intraoperative Specimen Label/Requisition
- Flow Cytometry Orders – Blood
Point of Care Testing (POCT)
- POCT Enter Results for Point of Care Test (Ambulatory)
- POCT Glucose Insulin Drip (Inpatient)
- POCT FAQs
Research
For Laboratory Staff
- Helpful Hints for Using Epic in Laboratory (how to find responding clinician )
- Lab HOV Staff Training Guide
- How to Look Up Epic Lab Codes
- How to Check Lab Order Status & Order Detail
- How to Personalize your Epic Toolbar
- Location (OP) Code Crosswalk SQ-Epic
- How to Locate Body Fluid Source and Detailed Specimen Descriptions
- Phlebotomy Charge Capture Workflow (Non-CLM)
- Order Release Guidance Rules
- Guidelines for Releasing Lab Orders
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