Request for Pathology Investigation is a DIAGNOSTIC TEST REQUEST.
A request for one or more investigations within a PATHOLOGY SPECIALTY, from a single sample, or group of related samples, taken from a PATIENT or other human or non-human source and sent to a pathology laboratory at one time.
If investigations within more than one PATHOLOGY SPECIALTY are requested from the same sample a Request for Pathology Investigation for each PATHOLOGY SPECIALTY will be recorded accordingly.
Examples of Requests for Pathology Investigation are as follows:
b. In haematology, a Request for Pathology Investigation on a single sample of blood from one patient could include a number of tests, for example, a haemoglobin estimation, differential white cell count and a sickle cell test
c. In histopathology, several pieces of TISSUE, such as multiple jejunal biopsies or a breast with associated tissues, whether dissected or not, constitute one Request for Pathology Investigation
d. In immunopathology a sample of blood with a request for an auto- antibody screen and immune complement assays constitutes a single Request for Pathology Investigation
e. In microbiology, one or more throat swabs from a PATIENT, requiring identification of the pathogenic organism with its antibiotic susceptibility, constitutes a single Request for Pathology Investigation
Further clarification of the definition of a single Request for Pathology Investigation is that a single request can only be associated with a number of samples if each sample is:
b. Taken from the patient at the same time, i.e. within a few minutes
c. Received by a laboratory at the same time, AND
d. Analysed (has one or more tests performed on it) by the same laboratory
This supporting information is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| plural | Requests for Pathology Investigation |