The archives have a discussion of one of the aspects:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0006&L=acb-clin-chem-
gen&P=R7687&I=-1
I think the College have a group looking into this.
Jonathan
On Tuesday, Dec 16, 2003, at 15:02 Europe/London, Heather Thornes wrote:
> Although my lab. still runs a conventional 9-5 service, with on-call,
> we are
> finding it increasingly difficult to telephone abnormal results to GPs
> or
> indeed medical staff if the sample has come from OPD. We see this as
> becoming even more difficult when the new GP contracts come into
> service. My
> question therefore is - how do labs. which operate a 24 hr shift
> service
> deal with the problem of such results which may be generated at very
> unsocial hours. What responsibility does the BMS who generated such a
> result, or the clinical scientist who authorises it have in
> communicating
> it?
> Many thanks in anticipation of your replies & seasonal greetings to all
> mail-base participants!
>
> Heather
>
> Heather Thornes
> Consultant Clinical Scientist
> University Hospital of N.Tees & Hartlepool
> STOCKTON-ON-TEES
>
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