ACT Pathology provides services and advice to clinicians across the ACT.
Our ACT Pathology Customer Liaison Team is available on (02) 5124 2932 to discuss all service delivery issues, including reporting delivery, courier services, patient billing and collection centres. 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.
You can also contact our Collection Centres directly.
If you are a patient looking for information on our pathology services, please see our page on pathology.
Result delivery
Electronic result delivery
ACT Pathology can provide direct and secure pathology results services 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 use the online application form or phone Customer Services on (02) 5124 2932.
We can also automatically fax pathology results to services as soon as they are authorised. You can use auto fax for specific tests or for all results. Additional hard copies can be requested.
To establish automatic faxing contact our Customer Liaison Officer on (02) 5124 3367. Practices will need to provide a fax number to receive this service.
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
Please contact our Customer Liaison Officer on (02) 5124 3367 to set up your preferences.
ACT Pathology Handbook
The ACT Pathology Handbook is a comprehensive guide of pathology tests available.
Forms
Request forms
The ACT Pathology Request form (PDF, 368.97 KB) can be used to order routine pathology tests.
Pads of request forms, either A5 or A4, can be supplied by contacting (02) 5124 3367.
Somatic Mutation testing
The Somatic Mutation Testing Request form (PDF, 181.87 KB) can be used for ordering Somatic Mutation tests such as EGFR, KRAS and BRAF, on tissue samples processed at ACT Pathology.
Please send your completed form to:
- Phone: (02) 5124 2867
- Email: molecular@act.gov.au
- Fax: (02) 5124 2892
- Address: Anatomical Pathology, ACT Pathology, Po Box 11 Woden ACT 2606
Other forms
Factsheets
- 5HIAA and Catecholamines by HPLC (PDF, 219.12 KB)
- Antenatal Testing (PDF, 392.24 KB)
- Autoimmune Serology (PDF, 379.98 KB)
- CADASIL - Skin Biopsy (PDF, 240.9 KB)
- Cervical Screening Test (PDF, 247.72 KB)
- Diabetes Millitus Type 2 (PDF, 287.97 KB)
- Diagnostic Genomics (PDF, 379.26 KB)
- Factor V Lieden (PDF, 170.55 KB)
- Flebogamma Fact Sheet (PDF, 166.74 KB)
- Hepatitis B Testing Guide (PDF, 407.5 KB)
- HIV Testing Guidelines (PDF, 302.5 KB)
- Homocysteine (PDF, 246.71 KB)
- Instructions for Performing the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (PDF, 180.16 KB)
- Investigation of Bleeding Disorders (PDF, 221.82 KB)
- Investigation of Thrombophilia (PDF, 282.93 KB)
- Measles (PDF, 256.43 KB)
- Meningococcal Testing (PDF, 366.26 KB)
- Muscle and Nerve Biopsy (PDF, 238.28 KB)
- National Cervical Screening (PDF, 429.94 KB)
- Prosthetic Joint and Other Orthopaedic Device Related Injuries (PDF, 261.37 KB)
- Reducing Substances in Faeces or Urine (PDF, 220.94 KB)
- Renal Biopsy Collection (PDF, 239.02 KB)
- Residential Aged Care Facility SARS-CoV-2(COVID) Testing (PDF, 484.97 KB)
- Rule 3 Exemptions (PDF, 220.01 KB)
- SARS-CoV-2 Influenza and Other Respiratory Viral Testing (PDF, 725.01 KB)
- Thalassaemia and Haemoglobin Varient Testing (PDF, 178.38 KB)
- Tuberculosis and Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacterium (PDF, 256 KB)
- Tumour Markers (PDF, 169.83 KB)
- Urine Transport (PDF, 160.27 KB)
- Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Pregnancy (PDF, 274.93 KB)
- JCV Blood Test (PDF, 222.73 KB)
Contact ACT Pathology
General numbers
- Doctors Results (24 Hours) – (02) 5124 2930
- Enquiry Line and Customer Service – (02) 5124 2932
- Accounts Enquiries – (02) 5124 8700
- Pathology IT Systems Support – (02) 5124 2826
Calvary Hospital Laboratory
- Specimen Reception / Results - (02) 5124 2792
- General - actpathology@act.gov.au
- Accounts - pathology.accounts@act.gov.au
- Referrals – actpathologyreferrals@act.gov.au
Fax numbers
- General Enquiries - (02) 5124 2812
- Results - (02) 5124 2962