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Said: Since we allow our PCTs to perform bedside glucose testing, and they are not considered a "a person who treats the patient" we require our RNs to acknowledge all critical values in the Critical Value Flowsheet in Epic. This meets the CA...

Said: Jeremy...do you have non-credentialed personnel performing glucose checks?

Said: We are a CAP hospital in NY also and I have not had an issue with the "DR/RN To Be Notified" statement for critical results. It is understood the nurse will be calling the provider for treatment instructions and they document this in th...

Said: Danielle,  We have a very similarly worded statement in our POC policies.  The floor staff are still responsible for notifying the physician of criticals dependant on their own protocols.We are a CAP lab, hospita...

Said: You’re your middleware to create a rule that if the threshold is breach, it will flag in your LIS and so it create documentation and action. Sincerely, Alma “Far and away the best prize that life offers is the CHANCE to work hard at work wo...