Patent ID: 8886466

Claim:
A method of autoverifying a clinical test result from an analysis performable by a laboratory analyzer, the method comprising: storing an autoverification rule specific to the analysis; receiving a test order to analyze a sample; retrieving the autoverification rule; executing a first portion of the autoverification rule to control, at least in part, an operation of the laboratory analyzer, wherein the first portion execution step comprises: performing a first test on the sample to obtain a first test result; and performing a second test on the sample to obtain a second test result; suspending the first portion execution step automatically upon receipt of a request to rerun the second test; and executing a second portion of the autoverification rule to control, at least in part, the operation of the laboratory analyzer, wherein the second portion execution step comprises: performing an updated second test on the sample to obtain an updated second test result; and autoverifying the clinical test result utilizing the first test result and the updated second test result.