Standard Operating Procedures
safety compliance
Critical Lab Value Notification
JC NPSG 02.03.01 critical lab value reporting — notify ordering provider within window.
Built for:
Healthcare
Hospitals
What's inside this template
Steps
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Identify critical value
Result triggers facility critical-value alert (e.g., K+ > 6, glucose < 40, INR > 5).
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Notify ordering provider
Call within facility-specified window. Use SBAR. Document: time of call, who notified, callback number.
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Read-back confirmation
Receiver reads back the value verbatim. Documented as confirmed.
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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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