ACT Pathology clinician information

ACT Pathology provides services and advice to clinicians across the ACT.

Our Customer Liaison Team is available to discuss all service delivery issues, including reporting delivery, courier services, patient billing and collection centres.

For more information, please contact our Customer Service Manager, on 02 5124 2932.

You can also contact our Collection Centres directly.

We offer different reporting options to meet the individual needs of our clients. This includes an extensive courier service that delivers reports to doctor’s surgeries across Canberra.

Electronic Result Delivery

Clinical Information System

The Clinical Information System (CIS) is only available to ACT Health employees who treat patients. The system is a secure way for you to assess patient results through a user-friendly web browser. ACT Pathology provides authorised personnel with access to pathology results via CIS on the ACT Government Intranet.

To apply, please request access through the icon on the CIS application or email pathologyapplication@act.gov.au for further information.

Downloading to surgeries

ACT Pathology can provide direct and secure pathology results for surgeries that use practice management software, such as Medical Director, Medtech 32, Medical Spectrum, Intrahealth and Genie. Results are downloaded in PIT or HL7 formats for external clients.

You can access this service on both PC and Apple computers using HealthLink software.

To apply for HealthLink, please use our online application form or phone Customer Services on (02) 5124 2932.

Auto faxing

We can automatically fax pathology results to a requesting practitioner's surgery as soon as they are authorised in the laboratory.

You can use auto fax for specific tests or for all results. Additional hard copies can be requested.

Hard copy result delivery

Referring practitioners can choose to receive standard A4 reports or a modified A4 report with a perforation to reduce the size to A5.

Reporting features include:

  • abnormalities highlighted in bold
  • cumulative reporting of up to five patient episodes
  • provision of intelligent personalised comments using a Laboratory intelligent Decision Support (LiDS) program
Factsheets

5HIAA & Catecholamines by HPLC
Antenatal Testing Guidelines
Autoimmune Serology
Bleeding Disorders
Cervical Screening test
Chlamydia and N. Gonorrhoeae Testing
Cytogenetics
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
Factor V Leiden (G1691A) Mutation and the Prothrombin (G20210A) Mutation Testing
Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) 
GTT/HOMA Collection Information for the laboratory
Haemochromatosis PCR Testing
Hepatitis C PCR & Hep C Genotyping
Herpes Simplex Virus PCR Testing
HIV Viral Load
Homocysteine Level
Influenza and Respiratory Viral Testing
Measles
Meningococcal testing
Muscle & Nerve Biopsy
Mycobacteria Specimens
National Cervical screening
Patient Identification & Specimen Labelling Flowchart
Reducing Substances in Faeces or Urine
Renal Biopsy Collection
Rule 3 Exemptions
Thalassaemia and Haemoglobin Variant Testing
Thrombophilia
Tumour Markers Information

Forms

Request Forms

ACT Pathology Request form-editable 

Somatic Mutation Testing

Somatic Mutation Testing Request form

If you order Somatic Mutation tests such as EGFR, KRAS, BRAF, please download and complete the request form above.

Please send your completed form to:

Email: molecular@act.gov.au
Fax: 02 5124 2892
Address: Attn: Kate Bareis,
Anatomical Pathology, ACT Pathology
PO Box 11 Woden ACT 2606

Phone: 02 5124 2867
For advice, please contact:
Dr Mitali Fadia – 5124 2880
Prof Jane Dahlstrom - 5124 2658
Chief Scientist, Molecular Pathology – 5124 3485 (laboratory)

Post Mortem forms

Adult Post Mortem Information
Permission for Post Mortem Examination Form
Child Babies Post Mortem Information
 

Other Forms

Billing of tests Non-refundable by Medicare
 

ACT Pathology Handbook
Pathology Contacts

General numbers

  • Doctors Results (24 Hours) – (02) 5124 2930
  • Enquiry Line and Customer Service – (02) 5124 2932
  • Accounts Enquiries – (02) 5124 8700 
  • Director of Operations – (02) 5124 2893
  • Pathology IT Systems Support – (02) 5124 2826

Canberra Hospital Laboratory

  • Anatomical Pathology - (02) 5124 2867
  • Clinical Chemistry - (02) 5124 2843
  • Cytogenetics - (02) 5124 3449
  • Cytology - (02) 5124 2875
  • Haematology - (02) 5124 2837
  • Immunoassay Services - (02) 5124 2846
  • Microbiology / Infectious Diseases - (02) 5124 2514
  • Molecular Pathology - (02) 5124 3485
  • Specimen Reception & Referrals - (02) 5124 3992
  • Transfusion Serology - (02) 5124 2918

Calvary Hospital Laboratory

  • Laboratory Manager - (02) 6201 6701
  • Clinical Chemistry - (02) 6201 6713
  • Blood Bank - (02) 6201 6274
  • Haematology - (02) 6201 6271
  • Specimen Reception / Results - (02) 6201 6708

Email

Fax numbers

  • General Enquiries - (02) 5124 2815
  • Results - (02) 5124 2962
  • Director of Operations - (02) 5124 2912
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Page last updated on: 13 Dec 2019