Lab type
Haematology
Blood counts, clotting and marrows with ranges, flags and critical calls on record.
Who it is for
Haematology laboratories in district hospitals, clinics and independent laboratories, including services in countries where commercial LIMS licences are out of reach. VipLIMS suits laboratories that run blood counts and coagulation every day and also report bone marrows and flow cytometry with a consultant haematologist.
Numbers alone are not a haematology report. VipLIMS keeps numeric results, film comments, interpretive comments and critical-value calls together on the same request, so the requester sees the full picture and your audit shows who was told what and when.
A day with VipLIMS
- A GP practice orders a blood count through the referrer portal. The request is registered on arrival, given its number, for example
HA260045812, and its TAT clock starts. - Results are entered against the request. Each result is shown with its unit, the reference range for the patient's sex and an H, L or critical flag.
- A low haemoglobin with microcytic indices prompts a film. The biomedical scientist adds a film comment to the same request.
- Later, an urgent count from the emergency department shows severe neutropenia. VipLIMS flags the critical value; the scientist phones the ward and records the call on the request.
- A clinical scientist or haematologist reviews flagged results, adds an interpretive comment where it helps, and authorises the report.
- The PDF report goes to the requester in the portal. A bone marrow on the same patient later in the week is reported as its own case, with sections for aspirate, trephine and an integrated conclusion.
What the pack sets up
Ready on day one, editable afterwards
Case types and numbering
| Case type | Example number | Routine target | Urgent target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood count and film | HA260000042 | 1 day | 1 h |
| Coagulation | CO260000042 | 1 day | 1 h |
| Haemoglobinopathy screen | HB26-00042 | 3 days | 1 day |
| Bone marrow | BM26-0042 | 10 days | 3 days |
| Flow cytometry | FC26-00042 | 3 days | 1 day |
Example tests
| Test | Unit (UCUM) | Example reference range |
|---|---|---|
| Haemoglobin | g/L | 120–150 g/L (female) + more |
| White cell count | 10*9/L | 4–10 ×10⁹/L |
| Platelet count | 10*9/L | 150–410 ×10⁹/L |
| Red cell count | 10*12/L | 3.8–4.8 ×10¹²/L (female) + more |
| Haematocrit | L/L | 0.36–0.46 L/L (female) + more |
| Mean cell volume | fL | 83–101 fL |
| Mean cell haemoglobin | pg | 27–32 pg |
| Mean cell haemoglobin concentration | g/L | 315–345 g/L |
| Red cell distribution width | % | 11.6–14 % |
| Neutrophils | 10*9/L | 2–7 ×10⁹/L |
Reference ranges and critical limits in this pack are illustrative adult examples only. Coagulation ranges depend on reagent and analyser. Every laboratory must verify and replace them with its own validated ranges (including paediatric and pregnancy ranges) before reporting.
Report sections
- Results required
- Film comment
- Interpretive comment
Specimen types
- Whole blood, EDTA
- Capillary blood, EDTA
- Plasma, sodium citrate 3.2%
- Whole blood for ESR
- Bone marrow aspirate
- Bone marrow trephine
- Blood or marrow for flow cytometry
- Body fluid for cell count
Words your team will see
- Reporter
- Haematologist
- Sender
- Requester
- Work item
- Request
- Subject
- Patient
- Specimen
- Sample
- Output
- Report
Good practice built in
- Sex-specific reference ranges and critical limits per test, which you replace with your own validated ranges before go-live.
- Critical-value flags and a place to record who was phoned and when.
- Turnaround targets per case type and priority, measured from receipt.
- Versioned reports and a full audit trail of entry, validation, authorisation and amendment.
- Supports workflows that laboratories accredited to ISO 15189 need, including TAT monitoring, amendment tracking and UCUM units with LOINC codes.
- Mandatory two-factor sign-in, encryption at rest and a full export of your data whenever you ask.
Questions labs ask
Does VipLIMS connect to our haematology analyser?
Not yet. There is no direct analyser interface at present, so results are entered on the request. Analyser interfacing is on our roadmap.
Can it handle blood transfusion and blood bank work?
No. Blood bank and issue of blood components are out of scope, because that software is often regulated as a medical device. Keep using your dedicated transfusion system.
Are the reference ranges ready to use?
No. The ranges in the template are illustrative adult examples. Every laboratory must verify and replace them with its own validated ranges, including paediatric and pregnancy ranges.
Does it do delta checks or auto-verification?
Not yet. Flags compare each result with its reference range and critical limits, and a person authorises every report.
Try the haematology pack
Create your laboratory, choose this pack, load the sample cases and see how it fits your work. Free, with no card.