Action steps
| • Educate your colleagues about |
| ○ The symptoms that can be seen with iron deficiency without anemia |
| ○ The very high incidence in women |
| ○ The need for appropriate laboratory ranges for ferritins |
| • Work with your hospital laboratory to provide accurate ferritin reference ranges |
| • Work to establish accurate reference ranges for women's hemoglobin/hematocrit cutoffs |
| • Educate your colleagues about |
| ○ The symptoms that can be seen with iron deficiency without anemia |
| ○ The very high incidence in women |
| ○ The need for appropriate laboratory ranges for ferritins |
| • Work with your hospital laboratory to provide accurate ferritin reference ranges |
| • Work to establish accurate reference ranges for women's hemoglobin/hematocrit cutoffs |