Chapter 1: Laboratory Reports Flashcards
What is the first different section that can be found on a typical lab report?
Patient name, age, and identification number.
What is the second different section that can be found on a typical lab report?
Name and address of the laboratory where the test was performed.
What is the third different section that can be found on a typical lab report?
Date the test results were generated.
What is the fourth different section that can be found on a typical lab report?
Name of ordering physician.
What is the fifth different section that can be found on a typical lab report?
Date and time of specimen collection.
What is the sixth different section that can be found on a typical lab report?
Laboratory accession number assigned to the sample when it arrives at the lab.
What is the seventh different section that can be found on a typical lab report?
Name of the test performed.
What is the eighth different section that can be found on a typical lab report?
Test result.
What is the ninth different section that can be found on a typical lab report?
Reference ranges.
Ranges in which normal values are expected to fall to?
Aid in the interpretation of results.
What does the Values that are outside of the reference range can signal?
Possible conditions or diseases.
What are critical results?
Dangerously abnormal and possibly life threatening.
Critical results are known as?
Panic values.
Does the Critical results must be reported immediately to the ordering physician?
Yes.
