I work in a lab that does a lot of Covid-19 testing. Sometimes when a patient is really sick and not getting better, a doctor can request a Cycle Threshold value from our PCR test to get a better idea of the disease course. This special test needs a microbiologists approval.
I get a call into the lab one day from a ward. The nurse is requesting a cycle threshold value. I inform them that this needs to have a microbiologists approval before we can release that result. Happens all the time and I think nothing of it.
About half an hour later, I get a requisition in my pneumatic tube system. The requisition is for the same patient as earlier. At the bottom of the req, written in bold red pen, were the words “Psycho Threshold”.
I think they need to contact the psych ward for that one!
Submitted by:
Rodney Lopez
Laboratory Technician
Florida, USA
