I think Michaels point is a valid one, "Aren't they actively communicated by the computer system? So they're communicated as soon as they're ready"?
The existing phone protocols were conceived when paper reports were common. Now, one should only be phoning 'surprising' results. If clinicians choose to blanket request tests and expect the lab to idntify patients with significant abnormalities by phone, they are plainly abusing the diagnostic service.
The present 'list' includes such results as Lithium 1.1mmol/l, Digoxin 2.1, etc.
Isn't Mailbase fantastic?
Regards, David.
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