The Clinical Pathology Resident or Laboratory Director is the “clinically responsible individual.” The notification time will be the time the Clinical Pathology Resident or Laboratory Director is notified. The supervisor will document in the computer the reporting of the critical value to the Clinical Pathology Resident or Laboratory Director.The supervisor will contact the on call clinical pathology resident or the laboratory director. Documentation will be made of all attempts (times and phone numbers called) into the computer and a Panic Notification Form will be completed. What does the release on Januof the two Abbott customer letters (APOC2020 - 001, APOC2020-002: see link below) related to the Abbott i -STAT cartridges i.e. If unable to contact a responsible party within 30 minutes, the supervisor will be notified.If there is no answer, the physician’s answering service or physician that is covering for the ordering physician will be called or paged.For verification the person receiving the call will be asked to repeat the critical value results back.
The 2018 Third Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction recognizes troponin. Provides lab-quality results, 2 which can improve which can improve risk stratification of ACS (acute coronary syndrome). Notification by the Laboratory of Critical (Panic) Values
