Critical Values — Facility List and Notification Procedure
The results that must reach a clinician within thirty minutes, by phone, with read-back — signed by the laboratory director
What it is
The critical-value list template for haematology, biochemistry, microbiology, blood gases and coagulation with illustrative adult and paediatric thresholds, the notification procedure (who calls whom, within what time, read-back, documentation, escalation if unreachable), and the monthly audit of notification times.
Where to use it
Laboratory bench and every ward phone (with Toolkit 5 log); signed by the laboratory director; reviewed yearly. Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — communication of critical results. Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — communication of critical results. Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — communication of critical results.
Translate and adapt
English master edition. Georgian and other translations are added as they are clinically reviewed. Any facility may translate, add its logo and adapt wording to local practice — keeping the ASF block, the source attribution and the licence line on the sheet. Clinical thresholds and drug doses must be confirmed against national protocols before use.
The same code is printed on the tool itself. Scan it in any facility to reach this page.
Sample Labelling and Rejection Rules
Laboratory Equipment — Calibration, Maintenance and Quality-Control Log
Laboratory Quality — Stepwise Self-Check
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