Australia National Pathology Standards (First Edition 2027)
Standard 10: Specimen testing – Australia National Pathology Standards (First Edition 2027)

Australia National Pathology Standards (First Edition 2027) 10.08: Test results: ensure the workforce determining results are competent, work in optimal conditions with appropriate equipment for interpretation, have evidence-based reference intervals and clinical decision limits; ensure results are correct, evaluated against internal controls, timely, unambiguous, clinically relevant and traceable to the request; flag on the report that diagnostic validity is not established for clinically non-validated tests; and document critical result thresholds and escalation processes

What does 10.08 require?

The people who determine results are competent, work in conditions and with equipment suited to interpretation, and have evidence-based reference intervals and evidence-based clinical decision limits (thresholds drawn from guidelines, peer-reviewed literature, professional bodies or validated outcome studies, which may differ from population reference intervals). Results are correct, checked against internal controls, timely, unambiguous, clinically meaningful and traceable to the request; a report for a test whose clinical validity is not established says so; and critical result thresholds and the escalation steps are written down.

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  • 7.3.5 7.3.5 Biological reference intervals and clinical decision limits

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