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Critical Lab Value Notification

JC NPSG 02.03.01 critical lab value reporting — notify ordering provider within window.

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Rolled out to every employee at AutoZone (125,000), PetSmart (50,000+), A.S. Watson and Raley's (20,000) — and at larger retailers we are not permitted to name.

Built for: Healthcare · Hospitals

What's inside this template

Steps

  • Identify critical value

    Result triggers facility critical-value alert (e.g., K+ > 6, glucose < 40, INR > 5).

  • Notify ordering provider

    Call within facility-specified window. Use SBAR. Document: time of call, who notified, callback number.

  • Read-back confirmation

    Receiver reads back the value verbatim. Documented as confirmed.

  • Document

    EHR + lab info system: critical-value flag, time reported, name of receiver, read-back complete.

Common use cases

Critical value reporting

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Rolled out to every employee at AutoZone (125,000), PetSmart (50,000+), A.S. Watson and Raley's (20,000) — and at larger retailers we are not permitted to name.