Understanding the Red Alert Icon on Lab and Imaging Results
A red exclamation point icon marks lab and imaging results that need a closer look. It appears next to a result in the Lab results to review and Imaging results to review lists on the Home Screen, and next to a test in the patient chart's Labs table.
When the Icon Appears
A result shows the icon when at least one of its test values carries a flag from the lab, such as:
- Above high normal or below low normal
- Above upper or below lower panic limits
- Abnormal or very abnormal
- Significant change up or down, better, or worse
- Microbiology susceptibility markers, such as susceptible, intermediate, or resistant
Values flagged Normal don't trigger the icon.
For results received electronically through a lab or imaging interface, a test value that arrives with no flag at all also triggers the icon in the review lists. You may see it on a result where every value looks normal.
Finding the Flagged Values
- In the review list, hover over the result and click View result.
- In the parsed results to the right of the PDF, flagged values appear in red with a red icon next to them. Hover over the icon to see the lab's flag.
- If no values are red, the icon came from a value the lab sent without a flag. Check the result PDF for the lab's own interpretation.
In the patient chart's Labs table, a red icon next to a test means at least one of its components is flagged, and a green check means all of its components are flagged Normal. Expand the test to see each component.