🏥 Healthcare · State Machine
Lab Test Order to Result
The lifecycle of a lab test in a hospital, from the doctor's order to the result in the patient's record, including recollection and critical values.
Drawing diagram…
What this diagram shows
- Samples can be rejected and recollected
- Critical results are phoned to the doctor immediately
- Results are verified by a pathologist before release
Prompt used
State machine for a hospital lab test: Ordered by the doctor, Sample Collected, Received in lab (or Rejected and back to Ordered for recollection), In Analysis, Result Entered, Verified by pathologist, Released to the EHR. A critical value triggers Critical Alert, the doctor is called, then it is Released.
Mermaid code
stateDiagram-v2 [*] --> Ordered Ordered --> SampleCollected SampleCollected --> ReceivedInLab ReceivedInLab --> Rejected: Haemolysed or unlabelled Rejected --> Ordered: Recollect ReceivedInLab --> InAnalysis InAnalysis --> ResultEntered ResultEntered --> Verified: Pathologist checks Verified --> CriticalAlert: Critical value CriticalAlert --> Released: Doctor phoned Verified --> Released: Normal Released --> [*]
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