With the continuous development of laboratory medicine, the establishment of laboratory clinic has attracted more attention from hospital management departments and laboratory departments. In this paper, we discuss the establishment and function of laboratory clinic from five aspects: the formation of laboratory physician team, the location and equipment, the scope, the regulation and the value and clinical importance, referring to the training project of foreign laboratory physicians and initial experience of domestic hospital laboratory clinics. At present, the establishment of laboratory clinic in most hospitals is still in the active exploratory stage. The standardized rules and regulations of establishment and operation, and the training of multi-disciplinary physicians are the essential requirements and prerequisites for the sustainable development of the laboratory clinics.

Clinical laboratory techniques; Laboratories, hospital; Laboratory physicians