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Stat Testing - Acute Care Sites

A STAT test should only be requested when it directly affects patient care in an urgent or emergency medical circumstance. 

STAT TAT is within 1 hour from time specimen is received in lab to time result is verified.

EXCEPTIONS: Troponin T are within 75 minutes. 
                        Pentobarbitol and Thiopental are within 6 hours.
                        Ethylene glycol, Isopropanol, and Methanol are within 180 minutes. 

Tests Available on a Stat Basis - without pathologist approval

General Chemistry - Blood   Albumin   ALT   Alkaline Phosphatase   Ammonia   Bilirubin, Total, Direct & Neonatal   BhCG   Calcium, Total   Calcium, Ionized   CK, Total   Creatinine   Electrolytes (Na, K, Cl, CO2)   GGT   Glucose   HbsAg (dialysis patients only)   HIV, Rapid (occupational exposure to                   HIV, high risk prenatal, acutely       ill patient)   Ketones   Lactate   LD   Lipase   Magnesium   Osmolality   Phosphate   Pseudocholinesterase   Total Protein   Triglycerides   Triglycerides, Neonatal   Troponin T   Urea   Urate Therapeutic Drug Monitoring   Amikacin   Carbamazepine   Digoxin   Gentamicin   Lithium   Methotrexate   Phenobarbital   Phenytoin (Dilantin)   Primidone   Theophylline   Tobramycin   Valproate   Vancomycin Fluids   CSF - Glucose, Protein, Lactate   Cervicovaginal secretion -   Fetal Fibronectin   Fluids - pH, Specific Gravity

Urine   Bilirubin   Creatinine, random   Electrolytes   Myoglobin (qualitative)   Osmolality   Pregnancy test   Reducing Substances   Urinalysis Toxicology   Acetaminophen   Drugs of Abuse screen, urine (ICU and     ER only)   Ethanol   Ethylene glycol   Isopropanol   Methanol   Salicylate   Tricyclic Screen Esoteric Testing   Pentobarbital   Thiopental Hematology   CBC   Hgb/Hct   PT, INR   APTT   Fibrinogen   Bleeding time (requires approval)   Sickling test   D-Dimer (DIC)   D-Dimer (DVT/PE)   Closure Time   G6PD   APT   Monotest   Cell count - all fluids Microbiology   Gram stain   Malarial Smear   Pneumocystis carinii (PCP)   Other Microbiology tests ordered     ordered STAT require the     approval of the Microbiologist     on Call  770 - 3757 Transfusion Medicine   Pre-Transfusion Testing   Transfusion Reaction Investigation

THE PATHOLOGIST ON CALL CAN BE REACHED FOR CONSULATION AT ANY TIME BY
PHONING 860-1802