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Forrest General Hospital Clinical Laboratory Specimen Collection Manual Table of Contents CLINICAL LABORATORY CONTACT INFORMATION ................................................... 4 GENERAL INFORMATION ...................................................................................................... 5 LABORATORY SERVICES ....................................................................................................... 6 General Guidelines .................................................................................................................... 6 Health & Safety Precautions .................................................................................................... 6 FGH Clinical Laboratory Hours of Operation ...................................................................... 6 Outpatient Collection ................................................................................................................ 6 Inpatient Specimen Processing ................................................................................................ 6 Reference Laboratories ............................................................................................................ 7 Point of Care .............................................................................................................................. 7 Reporting of Laboratory Results ............................................................................................. 7 Quality Assurance ..................................................................................................................... 7 CRITICAL VALUES ................................................................................................................... 8 Critical Values ........................................................................................................................... 8 Chemistry, Critical Value Listing – Quantitative Results..................................................... 8 Hematology / Coagulation, Critical Value Listing – Quantitative Results .......................... 9 Microbiology, Critical Value Listing ..................................................................................... 10 ORDERING LABORATORY TESTS...................................................................................... 11 Patient Identification .............................................................................................................. 11 Transfusion Bracelet Policy ................................................................................................... 11 Test Requisitions ..................................................................................................................... 12 Example Test Requisition ....................................................................................................... 13 Specimen Labeling .................................................................................................................. 13 Test Additions after Specimen Submission .......................................................................... 16 Verbal Orders .......................................................................................................................... 16 Downtime Procedure .............................................................................................................. 16 TESTING PRIORITY ................................................................................................................ 17 Routine ..................................................................................................................................... 18 ASAP (As Soon As Possible) .................................................................................................. 18 ED / STAT................................................................................................................................ 18 CLINICAL LABORATORY TURN AROUND TIMES ........................................................ 19 CRITERIA FOR REJECTION OF SPECIMENS ................................................................ 20 Notification for Unacceptable Samples ................................................................................. 21 SPECIMEN TYPES .................................................................................................................... 22 Serum ....................................................................................................................................... 22 Plasma ...................................................................................................................................... 22 FGH Clinical Laboratory Specimen Collection Manual Date of Last Review: 05/10/2022 0|Page