? on labwork error
We had bloodwork drawn on Friday-results came back very very low. Since he is doing better on the reduced Pred schedule, I refused to increase the Pred as the covering vet advised and have another lab draw at a different vet office. The second lab work showed that the value was above normal limits, so there is no crisis. We are continuing with the Pred decrease schedule as per discussion with one of the senior vets at our primary vet clinic. Since we paid for the recheck, should the lab and or vet reimburse us for the incorrect labwork. I am clueless whether it was human error or computer error in the first draw. There are other issues here we will address with the vet owner, but wondering if you have ever had this problem. Thanks! |
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| unfortunately it is common for the lab to make errors, trust me we see it at the clinic often. you can ask your first vet to have them rerun the sample at no charge or ask for a reimbursement of the first test but show them the results of the second sample draw to prove your point and so that they know what is going on and can tell the lab that they made a big oops. |
| see I would have to go with a third test - a tie breaker as it were. |
| Thanks oes4ever, will do. It was just scary to get that result
and be advised incorrectly on treatment without an offer for a redraw. Thanks Kerry-We were lucky that the vet er has a microscope in addition to the computer result, the vet looked at the blood visually and did a count on the slide. (The first office with the mistaken values sends the blood out to a lab) |
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