Every clinical decision — what a result means, what to prescribe, when to act — is yours as the treating clinician. PracProof organises information to save you time; it does not, and cannot, take clinical responsibility.

Results shown in the app are read electronically from the NHLS Labtrak/TrakCare portal and can occasionally be incomplete or misread. Anything the app cannot read confidently is flagged as “view in portal”, never presented as fact. Always verify a value against the source result before acting on it, especially before a high-stakes decision.

Normal/abnormal/critical flags follow published reference and panic ranges, but ranges differ between laboratories, methods, ages and clinical contexts. A flag — or its absence — is never a reason to skip your own review of the numbers.

The formulary and monographs are compiled from primary sources (package inserts, national guidelines and standard references). Compiling is not a guarantee: always verify the dose, route, interactions and contraindications against current official sources and the individual patient before prescribing. Where sources disagree, the app deliberately states the more conservative position.

Calculators are deterministic and use recognised published formulas, and they compute only from the inputs you confirm. Their outputs are estimates to be interpreted in clinical context — an eGFR is not a kidney, and no score replaces the patient in front of you.

Optional AI explanations are general information about tests and values — informational only, never a diagnosis. They carry the permanent notice “Informational only — not a diagnosis; verify clinically”, and they receive only de-identified values.

Prescriptions, sick notes, referrals and pathology requests are drafts assembled from the details you enter. You are responsible for their clinical correctness and for signing and issuing them in line with HPCSA, pharmacy and scheme requirements. The QR verification proves a document is unaltered since you issued it — it does not certify the clinical content.

PracProof is not an emergency-response or monitoring system and must not be relied on to surface time-critical results. Critical findings require your usual escalation channels; laboratories phone panic values for a reason.

Sections marked as draft (including ICU reference content) are provided for orientation while clinical review is completed, and carry their sources. Treat them with additional caution and check the primary reference before use.