Six culture and sensitivity report formats in one place, for urine, blood, pus, sputum, throat and stool, with the eight lines each prints and the hold times.
Each is a separate record in your catalogue, so the front desk books and bills them separately. What changes between them is the specimen and the time the plate is held; the reported fields do not change at all.
| Format | Test code | Sample as booked | Held before a negative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urine Culture and Sensitivity | CS_URINE | Urine | 2 days |
| Blood Culture and Sensitivity | CS_BLOOD | Whole Blood | 7 daysHeld for 7 days before a negative is reported. |
| Pus / Wound Culture and Sensitivity | CS_PUS | Pus / Wound Swab | 2 days |
| Sputum Culture and Sensitivity | CS_SPUTUM | Sputum | 2 days |
| Throat Swab Culture and Sensitivity | CS_THROAT | Swab | 2 days |
| Stool Culture and Sensitivity | CS_STOOL | Stool | 2 days |
None of them is measured against a reference range, so none of them is flagged. A culture report is read, not compared, and the format is built for that: one picklist that decides the shape of the report, and seven lines that print as the lab writes them.
SPECIMENWhat the lab actually received, in its own words. It is a line of its own rather than a fixed label, because what arrives is often narrower than what was booked — a midstream urine, a left-ear swab, the second of two blood sets.
GROWTHThe one field that decides the shape of the report. Growth or no growth, picked rather than typed, so the answer is never a spelling and can be counted later.
ORGANISMLeft as free text on purpose. An organism list long enough to be useful is longer than any lab wants to scroll, and the names a lab reports are its own; a picklist here would be a constraint pretending to be a convenience.
COLONY_COUNTMeaningful for some specimens and not for others, so it is a line the lab fills when it applies and leaves alone when it does not.
SENSITIVEThe first of the three antibiogram lines. One line per category rather than a grid, which is how the printed report reads and what a referring doctor is looking for.
INTERMEDIATEKept separate from the other two so an intermediate result is never silently reported as sensitive.
RESISTANTThe third antibiogram line, printed under the other two.
MICRO_NOTEThe free line at the end: a repeat-sample request, a note that the sample was received late, a comment on the growth. It prints as written.
The same eight lines cover both, which is why there is one format per specimen rather than two.
The Culture line is set to no growth and the organism, count and antibiogram lines stay empty. A line left empty does not print, so the report that comes out is short on purpose: the specimen, the hold time it was given, and the result. Nothing on it implies a test that was not done.
Because the hold time is on the format rather than in somebody’s head, the report cannot be released early by accident: the order sits in the worklist until the format’s own turnaround has passed.
The Culture line is set to growth, the organism and any count are typed in, and the three antibiogram lines are filled as the plate reads. They print in the order they are listed here, so sensitive antibiotics come first and resistant ones last, which is the order a referring doctor reads.
A growth is reported when it is read rather than when the hold time runs out, so a positive culture leaves the lab earlier than the turnaround on the format.
One click installs the shipped library into your own catalogue, all six specimens with it. From that moment they are yours: rename a line, add one, delete one your lab does not report, change the picklist, or set your own turnaround. Nothing is locked and nothing is fetched from us at print time.
Labs that report an antibiogram as a grid rather than three lines usually add a line per antibiotic and leave the three category lines in place for the summary. Labs that never report a colony count outside urine delete that line on the other five.
The library is copied into your own catalogue, so later changes to it never alter yours.
Six separate formats, one for each specimen, each a record of its own in your catalogue so the front desk books and bills them separately. They are described together here because what they report is identical: the same eight lines, in the same order. Only the specimen and the hold time differ.
No. None of the eight lines is measured against a range, so nothing on a culture report is flagged high or low. The result is read rather than compared, and the format is built for that. Every other numeric format in the library does carry ranges and does flag against them.
Yes. The three lines group antibiotics by category, which is how most printed reports read, but the format is yours once installed: add a line per antibiotic if you report a full grid, and keep or delete the three category lines as you prefer.
Yes. The hold time sits on the format rather than in the workflow, so you can set your own per specimen. Until it has passed, the order stays in the worklist instead of being released as a negative.
Yes. The hold time only governs how long a plate is kept before a negative can be reported. A growth is entered and released when it is read, so a positive culture leaves the lab earlier than the turnaround printed on the format.
The colony count line ships on all six formats and is filled when it applies. Labs that only ever count urine usually delete the line on the other five, which takes it off those reports without touching the urine format.
Create your organisation, add your tests, print the first barcode. If you would rather see it first, ask for a walkthrough.