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Trustees approve ending in-house CK‑MB and phenytoin tests; lower hemoglobin "panic" threshold to 7 g/dL
Summary
The medical staff recommended and the trustees approved sending two rarely used tests to an external lab and lowering the hemoglobin panic-call threshold from <8 g/dL to <7 g/dL to align with current standards and reduce lab workload and cost.
The Share Medical Center Board of Trustees approved medical staff recommendations to discontinue in-house testing for CK‑MB (an older cardiac enzyme test) and phenytoin levels, and to change the laboratory's hemoglobin "panic" call threshold from less than 8 g/dL to less than 7 g/dL.
Dr. Burton, speaking for medical staff, said clinicians discussed the tests during the medical-staff meeting and…
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