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Critical Value Reporting

This Medical Laboratory Science lesson in Laboratory Quality Management supports laboratory science learning and laboratory interpretation for medical laboratory students and professionals.

A critical result must reach someone who can act on it, verify it, communicate it promptly, get a read-back, document, and escalate if the usual contact is unreachable.

Intermediate10 min read15 sectionsLaboratory Quality Management
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Learning Objectives

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Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

Section: Learning Objectives

Each objective is a practical judgment skill for everyday laboratory work, not regulation memorization.

  • Recognize a critical value as a result far enough outside expected limits to need immediate clinical action
  • Sequence verification, prompt communication, read-back, and documentation for a critical result
  • Explain why releasing a critical value to the LIS alone is not the same as reporting it

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