Receiving a critical (panic)value message requires the HUC to document the name of the person calling and:
A)read the message or lab values back to the person and immediately notify the patient's nurse and/or doctor if requested to do so.
B)read the message or lab values back to the person and call the director of nurses immediately.
C)call the charge nurse immediately.
D)call security immediately.

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All hospitals have a protocol for handling critical (panic)value messages.A read-back of the critical value by the person taking the message is required,and the name of the person providing the message and the person taking the message should be documented.

Receiving a Critical (Panic)value Message Requires the HUC to Document