A LIS downtime procedure should define manual accessioning, instrument result capture, reconciliation, report release, and recovery validation.
Quality and audit evidence
“Laboratory Downtime Procedure for LIS” should produce records the laboratory can demonstrate during internal or external review, not just a screen feature.
- Who changed what and when
- Link QC to instrument, user, and lot
- Clear procedure for critical and amended results
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Medrara is a cloud LIS that unifies orders, specimens, results, QC, inventory, and branches, with HL7/ASTM integration patterns and physician result delivery when configured and validated.
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