Abstract: A method is provided for receiving an order for a laboratory test of a biological specimen for a patient utilizing a computer network including a client computer and a central computer. The method includes facilitating a connection between the client computer and the central computer. A laboratory test request is received at the central computer from the client computer. Patient, billing, and diagnosis information corresponding to the requested laboratory test is also received at the central computer from the client computer. Information is transmitted from the central computer to the client computer for generating a test requisition and a label for use with the biological specimen.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 16, 2001
Date of Patent:
July 28, 2009
Assignee:
Quest Diagnostics Inc.
Inventors:
Richard Joseph Bennett, Albert A. Tate, David Andrew Rapperport, Ryan Michael Eastman, Randall Scott DeBold
Abstract: It is discovered that a composition comprising at least one amine and at least one stabilizer may be useful in detecting the presence of an adulterant in a urine sample. Such adulterant includes an oxidizing agent.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 6, 2001
Publication date:
August 8, 2002
Applicant:
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.
Inventors:
John Novinski, Barry Sample, Richard L. Hilderbrand, Susan Mills, Victoria Johnson