We are all used to cohabiting with cans of worms.
But is there a case for a more democratic approach (or even an
evidence-based approach?) as to which cans of worms are open, and how wide?
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> Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 15:27:01 +0100
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> Subject: Reports received from reference laboratories
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> Some time ago there was some discussion about how to send out reports to
> requesters that have been received back from from reference laboratories. I
> stated that I understood that CPA still required that all such reports should
> state the name of the reference laboratory and should identify any comment
> that had been made by the reference laboratory. At that time I also wrote to
> CPA to confirm that this is the position. CPA (in the shape of Cheryl Blair)
> has now repied to me that this point was discussed at the recent Joint
> Advisory Committee meeting and this is still CPA's view. The point about who
> is responsible if the result and/or interpretive comment gets garbled by the
> home laboratory was also discussed. CPA's conclusions were: -
>
> 1 It is the responsibility of the home reporting lab to ensure that there are
> systems
> in place to minimise this error and that ultimately it is not the
> responsibility of the
> referral lab. The referral lab could add a disclaimer to all reports
> emphasising this.
>
> 2 The referral lab could report directly to the clinician and cut out the
> home lab altogether.
> In that way there is a clear demonstrable responsibility on the reporting lab
> and the
> receiving clinician not only knows where the test was carried out but also the
> accreditation and quality status of that department.
>
>
>
> David Williams
>
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