Technical Updates

 

Technical Updates

SHL updates Final Report design

SHL updates Final Report design
Jan. 31, 2019 -- On March 1, the State Hygienic Laboratory will transition to a new Final Report design for all testing, except Newborn Screening.

The new Final Report design should allow SHL clients to quickly locate and interpret their test results in a more user-friendly manner. A committee of SHL staff evaluated numerous examples of environmental and clinical results reports from a wide variety of laboratories to incorporate the best features of these reports into the new design. The final drafts were shared with some of SHL clinical and environmental clients and SHL staff for feedback.

The new design for SHL’s Newborn Screening Final Report will be implemented once that testing has been transitioned to the SHL OpenELIS laboratory information management system.

Examples of the new Final Report are located on the SHL Website.

No additional steps need to be taken by SHL clients during the implementation of the new Final Report design. SHL test and method names, possible result values, and test request/collection forms will not change during this implementation.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the new Final Report design, please contact Mike Hayek, IT Support Analyst at michael-hayek@uiowa.edu or 319-335-4358.