Tests outside your bench
Route assays, methods or matrices that do not justify new equipment, validation, staffing or accreditation investment.
LabsNet reference testing
Say yes to more testing without buying every instrument.
When a customer asks for a test outside your internal menu, LabsNet can help identify and coordinate a qualified performing laboratory path while your organization retains the customer-facing commercial relationship.
KEEPYour customer relationship
EXPANDYour sellable test menu
ROUTETo qualified performing labs
MANAGEOne operating workflow
The commercial problem
Turning away a test can mean turning away the account.
Independent and regional laboratories frequently encounter specialty methods, unusual matrices, jurisdiction-specific requirements or low-volume assays that are not economical to bring in-house. Reference testing lets the lab expand commercially without pretending every test is performed internally.
Jurisdiction-specific coverage
Identify performing locations eligible for the specific state, program, matrix or intended use rather than relying on a generic national list.
Capacity and turnaround support
Use qualified partner capacity when internal volume, downtime or turnaround requirements make external performance operationally preferable.
Fewer one-off vendor relationships
Structure reference-lab purchasing and routing through a managed network rather than building a separate manual workflow for every specialty provider.
Track exceptions
Coordinate receiving, rejection, recollection, turnaround and delivery events so the originating laboratory can manage the customer experience.
Preserve resale economics
Reference testing can be structured with contracted wholesale economics so the originating laboratory has room to price and service the customer relationship.
How the workflow is designed
One request becomes a governed routing decision.
LabsNet is intended to route on real operational constraints before cost. The cheapest laboratory is irrelevant if it cannot lawfully or practically perform the work.
Capture the exact test requirement
Test identity, method, matrix, jurisdiction, intended use, sample requirements, turnaround and delivery needs are structured.
Constrain the eligible laboratory set
Capability, credentials, test approvals, receiving limitations, capacity, holding-time constraints and geography are checked.
Apply commercial and service routing
Contracted price, turnaround, logistics, historical reliability and partner performance can inform the final path among eligible options.
Coordinate transport and receiving
Properly packaged, sealed shipments can move through qualified carriers or controlled logistics workflows with documented custody events.
Return the result through the originating relationship
The performing laboratory's original report remains preserved while status and result delivery can be normalized for the originating partner's customer experience.
What the originating laboratory keeps
- The customer-facing commercial relationship
- Its own account management and service model
- Program-specific pricing to its customer
- Visibility into order, transport and result status
- The ability to offer a broader testing menu
What remains with the performing laboratory
- Analytical testing and method performance
- Required laboratory licensure, accreditation or approvals
- Specimen acceptance decisions within its role
- The original analytical result/report
- Laboratory-specific quality and reporting obligations
Why network scale matters
Reference purchasing gets stronger as volume aggregates.
A single laboratory may have limited leverage with a national or specialty reference provider. A network combining demand across many originating laboratories can negotiate, route and measure performance at a different scale.
Aggregate demand
Combine compatible reference volume across LabsNet programs instead of negotiating every relationship in isolation.
Measure real performance
Turnaround reliability, rejection, recollection, exception handling and delivery outcomes can become routing intelligence.
Compound the network
More originating demand attracts more qualified capacity; more capacity improves routing options; better routing attracts more demand.
Start with your gaps
Send the tests you currently decline, outsource manually or struggle to source.
We can begin by mapping your current menu, reference-lab relationships, geography and highest-value gaps rather than replacing working relationships unnecessarily.
Reference-testing availability is test- and jurisdiction-specific. 516Labs/LabsNet coordinates the network, commercial workflow, transport visibility and result delivery. The performing laboratory remains responsible for its analytical work and original result, and all ordering, collection, transport and professional roles must be assigned to appropriately authorized parties.