Organization (Website): Cardinal Health Lab Briefings Webinar Series (
Cardinal Health Continuing Education Resources)
Topic Brief:Patient safety can be compromised when there are delays in communicating the results of critical tests. The webinar explores the role that laboratories play in critical value notification to patient care teams. The landscape of resources available to benchmark thresholds for notification will be discussed and considerations for setting critical values. Evaluating glucose critical values and how evolving recommendations for management of hypoglycemia are impacting critical value thresholds will be used as a case study. Available on demand.
URL:View A Critical Evaluation of Critical Value Notification-20200930 1700-1------------------------------
Jennifer Hayes, DCLS, MLS (ASCP)cm
Laboratory Director
Oregon State Hospital
Oregon Health Authority
Salem, Oregon
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