does your lab call elevated cardiac enzymes to the floor?

[MIRockstarRN]

If you have a pt who's cardiac enzymes come back elevated/positive, does your lab call the floor to inform that pt's RN? Where I work, any critical lab values are called to the floor and lab documents who they spoke to about the results. I have always wondered why cardiac enzymes don't get called - so had our charge nurse ask. This is the response from our lab "We only call critical values. Our policy on critical values is approved annually by the medical staff and there has been no interest to date to include cardiac enzymes. Our current policy does not include cardiac enzymes, which is similar to the policies at most labs. Our lab computer system is set up to print abnormal results on the floors which has been our way to communicate these results." So since they say it is the policy at most other labs, just wondered what you all have to say about that...Thanks!

[purple_rose_3]

Lab always calls the critical labs to us and we have 30 minutes to communicate it with the Doctor.