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Here is some sample content from Critical Tests and Result Reporting:

	POLICY: It is the policy of name of agency to communicate critical test results to the licensed independent practitioner LIP and/or clinician who is licensed by the state of and approved by this institution to take clinical action pursuant to the critical test result. Generally critical test values or panic values are defined by the medical staff, with input from nursing services for specific tests. However, critical tests results are understood to be any resultant test values/levels/ interpretations where delays in reporting have the potential for causing serious adverse outcomes for...
Second excerpt:
	...will be notified of the critical test result. The individual receiving the result will write down and read the result back to the individual reporting the result to verify accuracy. Critical test results will be reported to the individual ordering the test and/or the licensed independent practitioner responsible for the client, as appropriate, by the client's licensed care provider or that provider's supervisor immediately upon receipt of the test result. Critical test results...