A patient calls for a laboratory result, and the result is abnormal. The medical assistant should 

A. tell the patient that the physician will call back with the results.
B. mail the patient the results.
C. read the results of the laboratory test to the patient.
D. ask the patient to come to the office to pick up the results.


A. tell the patient that the physician will call back with the results.

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