The vast majority of the GP's in our area are enrolled in a co-operative
for out of hours calls (CueDoc)
and we telephone panic values to their H.Q.
The telephone operators are often a little reluctant to take the
results but at least it means we're not
sat on them over a weekend etc. I've no idea what they do with the
results.
Wayne Bradbury
Cumberland Infirmary
>>> Heather Thornes <[log in to unmask]> 16/12/03 15:02:22 >>>
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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