Acetone

> 20 milligrams/dL

AFB Smear or Mycobacteria culture

Positive result

Arterial Blood Gas (ABG)

pH

< 7.29 or > 7.51

pCO2

< 24 or > 56 mmHg

pO2

< 59 mmHg

Acetaminophen

> 100 micrograms/mL

Bilirubin

> 15 milligrams/dL - birth to 4 months old

Calcium

< 6.6 or > 12.9 milligrams/dL

Calcium, ionized

< 4.1 or > 5.9 milligrams/dL

Carbamazepine

> 15 micrograms/mL

Carbon Dioxide

< 15 mmol /L

Carboxyhemoglobin

> 15%

Culture, Blood

First positive result : Any Organism

Cultures - Unless otherwise specified, the listed pathogens will be reported when isolated from any type of culture.

Pathogen list all sources:

Bacillus anthracis

Brucella sp.

Clostridium botulinum

Clostridium tetani

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Francisella tularensis

Herpes Simplex virus – birth to 30 days old

Vancomycin intermediate or

Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Yersinia pestis

Pathogen list CSF, Body Fluids and Blood only:

Group A Streptococcus (S. pyogenes)

Neisseria meningitides

Culture, body fluid from normally sterile sites; Joint, Pericardial, Peritoneal, or Pleural.  Does not include bile or urine.

First positive result from Gram stain or culture:

Any Organism

Culture, CSF

First positive result from Gram stain or culture:

            Any Organism

Cryptococcal Antigen, CSF

Positive result

Digoxin

> 2.5 nanograms/mL

Ethanol

>400 milligrams/dL

Ethylene glycol

> 25 milligrams/dL

Glucose

< 35 or > 325 milligrams/dL  - birth to 1 year old

< 45 or > 500 milligrams/dL  - > 1 year old

Hematocrit

< 20% - birth to 17 yrs. of age
< 22% - 18 yrs. or older
> 63% - All ages

Hemoglobin

< 6.9 grams/dL – birth to17 years old
< 7.0 grams/dL -  > 18 years old

> 21.0 grams/dL -  All ages

Herpes Simplex Virus by DFA

Positive result - birth to 30 days old

HSV PCR, CSF

Positive

INR

> 5.5

Isopropanol

> 40 milligrams/dL

Lactic Acid

> 5 millimoles/L

Lithium

> 2 millimoles/L

Magnesium

< 1.0 or > 4.9 milligrams/dL

Malaria smear

Positive result

Methanol

> 20 milligrams/dL

Phosphorus

< 1.2  or > 8.9 milligrams/dL

Platelet Count

< 30,000 or > 900,000 /mm³

Potassium

< 2.6 or > 7.5 mmol /L – birth to 1 year old

< 3.0 or > 6.2 mmol /L - > 1 year old

Procainamide

> 12 micrograms/mL

Procainamide & NAPA

> 30 micrograms/mL

PTT

> 68.0 seconds

Rapid Bacterial Antigen, CSF

Positive result

Reducing Substances

Positive result (2+ to 4+) - birth to 4 months old

Salicylate

> 30 milligrams/dL

Sodium

< 121 or > 158 mmol /L

Troponin-I

> 0.5 nanograms/mL

Valproic Acid

> 200 micrograms/mL

WBC

< 1,000 or > 50,000/mm³