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Critical action limits are markedly significant result values that indicate a potentially life-threatening situation for the patient.
Urgent notification of a critical value to the appropriate healthcare professional is therefore necessary.
Pathology laboratories are required to develop policies and put into practice organised processes for communicating critical values.
| Protocol | Introduced | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Changes to Wellington SCL Protocols for Reporting Critically Abnormal Results | April 2014 | Read the protocol |
| Infectious Diarrhoea Update | February 2014 | Read the protocol |
| Think First Before Ordering Vitamin B12 Testing | January 2014 | Read the protocol |
| Expiry of Laboratory Request Forms, Change to ESR Test Request Protocol | December 2013 | Read the protocol |
| Rollout of Harmonised Biochemistry Reference Intervals | December 2013 | Read the protocol |
| Changes to Testing in Thyroid Antibodies | October 2013 | Read the protocol |
| Changes to Testing for Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Serology | September 2013 | Read the protocol |
| Changes to Testing for Systemic Autoimmune Disease | August 2013 | Read the protocol |
| Improved Turn-around times for Urinalysis | July 2013 | Read the protocol |
| Changes to Calculation of Estimated GFR and Corrected Calcium | March 2013 | Read the protocol |
| Thrombophilia Test Request Protocol | May 2011 | Read the protocol |
| Vitamin D Test Request Protocol | May 2010 | Read the protocol |
| ESR test request protocol | Introduced: January 2010, Updated: December 2013 | Read the protocol |