Laboratory information standards

Standards for ordering and reporting laboratory tests and for reporting notifiable diseases.

Publications

HISO 10072.1:2022 Bowel Screening Histology Data Standard

Published 01 May 2022

The Bowel Screening Histology Data Standard specifies the required data set for capturing bowel screening histology information for reporting to the National Screening Solution by contracted providers.

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HISO 10072.2:2022 Bowel Screening Messaging Implementation Guide

Published 01 May 2022

This document specifies the structured message types for sending bowel screening histology data to the National Screening Solution (NSS) as part of the National Bowel Screening Programme.

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HISO 10004:2022 New Zealand Pathology Observation Code Sets

Published 01 April 2022

This standard comprises code sets for ordering and reporting laboratory tests and results in the New Zealand health and disability sector.

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HISO 10008.4:2020 COVID-19 Messaging Implementation Guide

Published 25 September 2020

This is an implementation guide that provides details for using electronic messaging to submit COVID-19 laboratory results into the COVID-19 result repository.

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HISO 10008.3:2019 Notifiable Disease Messaging Implementation Guide

Published 21 March 2019

This document provides guidance in the development of applications using structured messages into the Electronic Notifiable Disease Messaging System (ENDMS).

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HISO 10008.1:2015 Pathology and Radiology Implementation Guide

Published 16 October 2015

This guide provides assistance for people implementing the Pathology and Radiology Messaging Standard.

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HISO 10008.2:2015 Pathology and Radiology Messaging Standard

Published 16 October 2015

This standard details the structure of electronic messages for Pathology and Radiology orders and results. It is based on HL7 version 2.4.

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