Need for accurate and actionable neonatal bilirubin test results.

Abstract

Accurate assay of neonatal bilirubin requires both laboratory and clinical oversight that should be meticulous, comprehensive and continual. Clinicians are provided knowledge resources to engage in an ongoing dialogue with their clinical chemistry laboratory directors to achieve institutional accuracy and optimal performance standards for bilirubin quantification. Clinicians will respond to out-of-range bilirubin values with precision and seek accurate and validated reliability.