Cardiac services – Holter monitoring and ABPM
Requisitions & Collection Instructions
We have launched a centralized service to accept fax and email electronic requisitions for patients and we have seen an overwhelming increase in utilization of this service. If you would like to send a digital requisition directly to LifeLabs yourself, please follow the steps in the link below.
Requisitions
To ensure the timely and accurate processing of all laboratory specimens, samples must be accompanied by the correct laboratory requisition, completed in full, signed, and dated by the ordering clinician.
To meet the unique requirements of each provincial healthcare system, please ensure the appropriate requisition form is used for the province in which the patient is being tested.
For use by authorized healthcare providers only.
Colon Cancer Check
COVID-19
Kidney Health
Ontario Forms
Naturopathic Healthcare Providers
Drug Screen
Special Coagulation
Oncology
Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT)
Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA)
Neuroimmunology
Liver Disease
Standard Laboratory Requisitions
Alzheimer's Disease
Infection
Maternity Care - Standard Out-Patient Laboratory Requisition
Kidney Health
Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT)
Oncology
Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT)
Cardiovascular
Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT)
Genetics
Emailing & faxing requisitions
Every day, we process thousands of requisitions manually so customers can visit any LifeLabs collection centre.
To email a patient’s requisition, please follow the steps below:
- Create one email per patient
2. Email a PDF copy of the requisition to the dedicated email address
BC: PatientREQSBC@lifelabs.com
ON: PatientREQSON@lifelabs.com
- Use the patient’s legal first name and last name as the subject line
To fax a patient’s requisition, please use the following fax numbers:
BC Fax Number: 1-888-674-0370
ON Fax Number: 1-844-615-3714
*Disclaimer: LifeLabs is accepting requisitions via email to support our patients who present to a Patient Service Centre with an electronic requisition. There is a risk of inappropriate disclosure when emailing a requisition from a public email domain. The patient is responsible for the security of the electronic copy of the requisition when it is on their mobile device or when it is emailed from the patient’s public email domain to LifeLabs. LifeLabs will maintain the security of the requisition when it is received by LifeLabs.
To help us process requisitions efficiently:
- Fax or email one requisition at a time.
- Please attach any supplementary forms that are required for the requisition.
- Record only the patient’s first and last name in the subject line;
Requisitions with all required documentation attached are immediately received and processed.
- If required supplementary forms are not received with the requisition, this may delay requisition processing and collection for your patients.
- If this process is not possible, please advise your patients to bring a physical copy of their requisition and supplementary forms to the LifeLabs collection centre.
*Requisitions for home and mobile collection services should continue to be sent to:
BC
- Email: MLSREQS@lifelabs.com
- BC Mobile Fax Line: 604-939-4257
Ontario
- Email: homecare.coordinator@lifelabs.com
- BC Mobile Fax Line: 1-888-444-3104
Specimen Collection & Handling
We want to provide the highest quality lab results as quickly as possible. That’s why we need to ensure that all samples are collected and handled in a way that protects the testing integrity. To meet the unique needs of each provincial healthcare system and our lab facilities across the county, please refer to the instructions for the province in which you are located.
For use only by authorized healthcare providers
A Guide to Proper Specimen Collection & Handling
Chemistry
Cytology
Electrocardiogram (ECH)
Flow Cytometry Testing
General Handling and Collection Instructions
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Microbiology
Tissue Biopsy
General Handling and Collection Instructions
Microbiology
Saskatoon
Healthcare providers residing within the Saskatoon Health Authority may find all testing instruction online via the Saskatoon Heath Authority website
Regina
Healthcare providers residing within the Regina Health Authority may find additional information via the Regina Health Authority website
Contact Us
If you have any questions about handling instructions, please contact your Customer Care Centre