Transcription of CRITICAL LAB VALUES
1 TEST CRITICAL value (S) UNITSB ilirubin,Total mg/dLBNP 200 pg/mLNT-Pro-BNP not established pg/mLBUN 100 mg/dLCalcium 13 mg/dLCO2 10 >40 mEq/LCPK 501 U/LCreatinine > mg/dLD-Dimer ug/mLGlucose 40 500 mg/dLMagnesium < > mg/dLPhosphorus mg/dLPotassium mEq/LSodium 120 160 mEq/LTroponin I ng/mLUric Acid mg/dLLactic Acid mmol/LLactic Acid mg/dLTEST CRITICAL value (S) UNITSH emoglobin (Hgb) g/dLPlatelet Count 20 1000 K/cmmWBC /cmmINR > PTT >100 secondsCHEMISTRYHEMATOLOGY / COAGULATIONCRITICAL LAB VALUESTEST CRITICAL value (S) UNITSB acillus anthracis, culture, nucleic acid Positive or antigen test AFB culture, smear Positive Blood Cultures Positive Brucella sp.
2 , culture, nucleic acid Positive or antigen test C-Diff Ag/PCR Both Positive C-Diff Ag/Toxin Both Positive Cryptococcus antigen, serum or CSF Detected CSF Culture Positive CSF Gram Stain Positive CSF WBC 21 / LCulture: blood, CSF, any tissue or Prelim: Positive any organism sterile body fluid (excluding urine) Francisella tularensis, culture, nucleic acid, Positive or antigen test GC Culture Positive Gram or other stain of direct specimen or Positive for any micro-organism antigen detection (blood, CSF, sterile body fluid) Group A Strep Positive Group B Strep Vag Positive Malaria parasites or other organisms Positive for verified or (Babesia, Ehrlichia, Trypanosomes) unidentified Plasmodium species MRSA Culture Positive Mycobacteria all sp.
3 , stain or Direct specimen nucleic acid test Positive for M tuberculosis, initial detection Nucleic acid detection (blood, CSF, sterile body fluid), Positive for any micro-organism qualitative FIRST DETECTION ONLY except HBV, HCV, HIV RSV antigen Positive Stool Pathogen, Any Positive Ureaplasma urealyticum, culture, respiratory Positive (<1 year of age) Viral PCR for Enterovirus or HSV, Quant, CSF Detected VRE Culture Positive Yersinia pestis, culture, nucleic acid, Positive or antigen test MICROBIOLOGYCRITICAL LAB VALUESTEST CRITICAL value (S) UNITSA cetone > 50 mg/dLAmitriptyline + Nortriptyline total > 1000 ug/LAmobarbital > mg/LButalbital > mg/LCadmium, 24hr Urine > ug/LCadmium, Blood > ug/LCaffeine > mg/LCarbamazepine (Tegretol)
4 > ug/mLCarboxyhemoglobin > 20 % of total HgbChlorpromazine > 750 ng/mLClomipramine and Metabolite, total > 600 ng/mLCobalt, Blood > 400 ug/LCyanide > mg/LCyclosporine, Trough > 600 ug/LDesethylamiodarone > ug/mLDesipramine > 600 ug/LDiazepam and Nordiazepam, total > mg/LDigitoxin > 45 ug/LDigoxin ng/mLDilantin ug/mLDisopyramide > mg/LDoxepin + Nordoxepin, total > 600 ug/LEthanol > 250 mg/dLEthosuximide > 150 mg/LEthylene glycol > 100 mg/LFlecainide > mg/LFluphenazine > 50 ug/LGentamicin, Peak ug/dLGentamicin, Trough ug/dLIbuprofen > 100 mg/LImipramine or Desipramine, total > 600 ug/LIsopropanol > 50 mg/dLLead, blood > 45 (<18 years of age) ug/dLLidocaine > mg/LLithium > mEq/LTOXICOLOGYCRITICAL LAB VALUESTEST CRITICAL value (S) UNITSM ephobarbital > mg/LMercury, Urine, 24 hr > 150 ug/LMercury, Urine, Random > 150 ug/g creatinineMethanol > 5 mg/dLMethemoglobin > % of total HgbMethotrexate at 24 h > umol/LMethsuximide (Normethsuximide)
5 > mg/LMexiletine > mg/LMycophenolic Acid < ug/mLNortriptyline > 500 ug/LPhenobarbital 15 ug/mLProcainamide > mg/LProcainamide + NAPA total > mg/LPropafenone > mg/LProtriptyline > 500 ug/LQuinidine > mg/LSalicylate mg/dLSirolimus (Rapamycin) < ug/LTacrolimus (FK 506) < ug/LThallium, Blood > 80 ug/LThallium, Urine, 24 hr > 200 ug/LTheophylline ug/mLTobramycin, Peak ug/mLTobramycin, Trough ug/mLValproic Acid 125 ug/mLVancomycin, Peak ug/mLVancomycin, Trough ug/mLTOXICOLOGYCRITICAL LAB VALUES
