TAT reporting
Turnaround-time reporting for clinical laboratories
A structured reporting engagement that maps specimen receipt, analyzer queues, verification holds, and result release so supervisors can see where hours accumulate.
Who it is for. Laboratory directors, quality officers, and shift supervisors who must explain delays to clinicians
Result. A repeating TAT pack that names the bottleneck by hour, section, and test family rather than a single average
Format. On-site mapping plus written monthly TAT packs
Duration. Six to ten weeks for the first reporting cycle
Where. Hospital and independent laboratories in Ho Chi Minh City and nearby provinces
Fee basis. Quoted after a two-day observation of your benches
Provider. A reporting consultant from Panel Foresthub working with your quality officer
Preparation. Please provide anonymized timestamp extracts and a floor plan of benches. No patient names.
Constraints. We work around analyzer maintenance windows and do not interrupt STAT benches during morning peaks.
Included
- Observation of accession, centrifugation, analyzer loading, and verification
- Agreement on clock starts and stops that match your LIS timestamps
- Section-level TAT tables for chemistry, hematology, coagulation, and immunology
- Exception notes for add-on tests, hemolyzed redraws, and night-shift backlog
- A walkthrough with the quality officer before the first pack goes to hospital leadership
Outside this engagement
- Replacement of your laboratory information system
- Staffing or procurement decisions
- 24-hour remote monitoring of live queues
How the work proceeds
- Intake call to confirm which tests and shifts matter this quarter
- Two days on the floor tracing a specimen from receipt to release
- Draft TAT definitions reviewed in a huddle with supervisors
- First monthly pack, then two revision cycles