At the risk of re-visiting an old chestnut, what are the views of mailbase
members on contacting an appropriate/responsible clinical staff member
out-of-hours with urgent results (i.e. those exceeding the list of critical
limits we all have posted in the lab)in the following situations:
1. The closed GP Surgery.
2. The out-patient result where the Consultant / Med Sec have gone home.
The answers would seem to be to telephone the emergency GP number or the
Consultant via the Hospital switch-board. Do we all do this ?
I am concerned about the medico-legal issues here and wonder if anyone has
fallen foul of HM Crown Prosecution as a result of having been deemed to
have failed in one's duty in this area.
Many thanks for your input
Philip Hyde,
Pilgrim Hospital
Boston (UK)
________________________________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|