Managing Generic or Client-Defined Tests
When you place an order with a Quest Diagnostics or universal lab, all of the tests that you can order are automatically included in the eLabs system. However, you might also be able to place orders with a generic lab or non-electronic lab. For those types of labs, the tests that you can order might already be part of the system, or you might have to add them manually before you can order them.
Tests that are performed by generic labs are referred to as generic tests. Tests that are manually added to the system for non‑electronic labs are referred to as client-defined tests.
You can also verify whether or not a particular test was previously added to the system manually by viewing the list of tests.
After a generic or client-defined test has been manually added, you can change its name at any time. You cannot change or delete the order code, but you can make it inactive. Inactive codes cannot be ordered.
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Notes: • This feature is not available to contracted phlebotomists. • You can manage generic and client-defined tests only if you can place orders with your current lab. • Some national generic labs have a standard compendium of tests which are automatically added to eLabs. In that case, you do not have to add any tests manually, but you can optionally do so. • You can view, add, and edit generic tests only if you are accessing a Quest Diagnostics or universal lab, and only if at least one of your assigned clients supports generic orders. • You can view, add, or edit client-defined tests only if you are accessing a non-electronic lab that supports that feature. (For some non-electronic labs, all of the tests performed by that lab are added to the system automatically, and you cannot add any manually. For other labs, some tests are added to the system automatically, but you can also add client‑defined tests manually. For other labs, no tests are added to the system automatically, and you must add all of the tests that you want to use manually.) • You cannot include generic tests in your custom profiles. • Any tests that have been added to the system automatically do not appear when you view the list of existing tests. Only the tests that have been added manually via this application appear. • If you add a client-defined test that has the same order code as a test that was added to the system automatically, only the one that was added to the system automatically will be used during order entry. • Under certain circumstances, if a test was automatically routed to a non-electronic lab during order entry, and that lab supports client-defined tests, the routed test is automatically added to the list of client-defined tests. These tests use the order code and name for the test used by Quest Diagnostics, regardless of what order code or name might normally be used for that test at the non-electronic lab. |
View Existing Generic or Client-Defined Tests
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