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CriticalLate report holding movement · general_medicineopen since 12 Oct 2026, 11:15 am

CBC for Lakshmi Devi is 105 min late, 9th in the central_lab queue, and holds discharge D-104 and bed W2-07

What to do

If you take the recommended option: report in about 20 min instead of 180, then bed W2-07 frees

OptionNumbersCostApprover
Move T-889 (CBC) to the front of the central_lab queue
recommendedeffect in 20 min
  • queue position: 9 to 1 place
  • report arrives in: 180 to 20 min
  • bed W2-07 ready in: 220 to 140 min
8 test(s) move back one place, 2 of them also hold a bed or an Emergency decisionLab head
Escalate T-889 to the lab head
no number movesnone; a message, not a changeLab head
Ask the treating doctor whether discharge D-104 can proceed with the report to follow
clinical, a doctor decideseffect in 30 min
  • bed W2-07 ready in, if yes: 220 to 40 min
a clinical decision; the agent asks, it does not decideTreating doctor
Decide
Option

Needs Lab head, anyone on the escalation chain, or the Medical Superintendent. Recorded with name and role.

How it connects: 0 upstream, 8 downstream
Caused by

Nothing upstream. This is a root cause.

Which is why
  1. CriticalA discharge is stuck: Lakshmi Devi's discharge has waited 185 min in bed W2-07.
  2. CriticalA bed stays occupied: Bed W2-07 in W2 is held by a discharge, 185 min old, waiting on the CBC report from lab, discharge medication (pharmacy).
  3. LowA complaint has already come in: A complaint about discharge delay, severity 3.
  4. CriticalA ward is full while beds sit idle elsewhere: W2 is full: 4 waiting for it (3 boarding elsewhere, 1 just triaged).
  5. CriticalAdmitted patients are stuck in Emergency: 3 admitted patients are lying in Emergency beds waiting for W2.
  6. HighA patient is waiting for a bed: Ravi Kumar needs a general bed, waiting 8 min.
  7. CriticalWaits are longer than usual: Emergency has 15 waiting, mean 64 min against a usual 52 min for this hour.
  8. HighA complaint has already come in: A complaint about waiting, severity 4.
The records behind it (14)
testCBC
labcentral_lab
requested at12 Oct 2026, 7:40 am
expected at12 Oct 2026, 9:30 am
late min105
queue position9
tests ahead in queue8
blocks
bed_iddischarge_idwaiting_for_that_wardwardwhat
W2-07D-1044W2discharge
lab today total24
lab today late5
lab staff on leaveAbdul Rahman
own urgency4
own impact7
downstream issue count8
How it was ranked

Urgency 5 of 5, impact 53 (people and beds it touches, downstream included), priority 265 (urgency times impact). Key diagnostics_delay:T-889.