Create a lab form

Lab forms hold all the questions and items that allow site users to properly collect local lab results and compare the collected data against lab normals to ensure that the correct normal range is associated with lab data.

Before you begin, make sure you read all about subject tags and code lists. For more details, see Guidelines for subject tags and code lists in lab forms.

• Tag questions on date of birth, gender, and race
  When it comes to subject tags, you can only have one question tagged with the Date of Birth, Gender, and Race tags in a study. For questions on gender and race, make sure you use a code list and that the code list is tagged with the same subject tag as the question.
• Create the lab form
  The advantage of using a lab form is that most questions (Sample Collection Date, Fasting, Lab Units, Lab Results, Normal Text Result, Low Range, and High Range) in the form are predefined and already tagged appropriately.
• Define the questions in a lab form
  Most questions in a lab form are already predefined. For example, the Low Range, High Range, and Normal Text Result questions are read-only and their code list values are associated with a study's local lab, as well. You do not have to configure any code list values in a lab form for those items.
• What should I do if my study cannot collect data on a subject's race?
  If you can't collect any data on a subject's race, you can design your study in a way that allows you to continue collecting lab data successfully without having to collect a subject's race.