Lab. Critical Values
Lab. Critical Values
Haematology
Test Report Name Age Critical Low Critical High Units
Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time,
– ≥ 85 sec
Plasma
Prothrombin time ≥ 45 sec or
--
INR ≥ 5
D-Dimer -- Positive
Fibrinogen ≤ 80 mg/dL
Hemoglobin 0 – 7 weeks ≤ 6.0 ≥ 24.0 g/dL
Hemoglobin > 7 weeks ≤ 6.0 ≥ 20.0 g/dL
White blood cell count ≤2 ≥ 50 x10(3)/ml
Absolute Neutrophil Count ≤ 0.5 – x10(3)/ml
Platelets, Blood ≤ 20 ≥ 1000 x10(3)/ml
Differential blood count:
Suspected leukaemia
Suspected Aplastic crisis
Sickle cells
Malarial parasite
Any blood parasite
Microbiology
Positive Acid Fast stain or culture or PCR
Detection of pathogen in gram stain of blood culture/ exudates/transudates of body cavities
Antigenic detection of pathogen with latex agglutination
Positive stool culture for Salmonella, Shigella, Cambylobacter,Vibrio, C.defficile, C.perfringens,
N.gonorheae,N. meningitidis
Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus (MRSA)
Serology
HIV AB Positive
Urine
Test strip reaction for glucose & Acetone Strong positive
Severe Heamoglubinuria (No erythrocytes on microscopic examination)
Cerebrospinal Fluid
Glucose ≤ 40 mg/dL
White Blood Cells >30 cells excluding peripheral blood contamination
Presence of blast cells
Detection of pathogens in gram stain
Detection of pathogens in agglutination test
Clinical Chemistry