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Pathology Turnaround Time: What Practices Should Measure

A practical approach to measuring the full specimen-to-report workflow without relying on one headline number.

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Pathology Turnaround Time: What Practices Should Measure

Turnaround analysis should define the start, stop, exclusions, and case categories.

Useful workflow measures

  • Collection to receipt
  • Receipt to accession resolution
  • Accession to final report by category
  • Cases requiring additional material or ancillary testing
  • Report delivery workflow

Targets depend on specimen type, complexity, logistics, and validated workflows.

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