Sorry, I think you are missing Doris's point. We know what the units etc are but the GP wasn't communicated presumably it's another IT issue that on the whole labs leave to someone else to sort out. How many of you review PMIP reports with your IT guys to look at noncompliance or ask the users what they actually get? I know they don't always respond!
Regards, Fiona
Fiona Ivison FRCPath
Principal Biochemist
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Subject: Re: Blood lead level
All UK labs should now be reporting molar units. Any report should have a
reference range attached. It looks as though the units in this result are
umol/L, indicating exposure to lead, but well within the occupational
exposure limits. The CDC have recently reduced the definition of excessive
exposure in children to 0.24 umol/L (50 ug/L).
Barry
Barry Sampson
Consultant Clinical Scientist and Honorary Lecturer
Director, SAS Trace Element Laboratory
Clinical Biochemistry
Charing Cross Hospital (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust) & Imperial
College School of Medicine London W6 8RF UK
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On 04/04/2014 09:43, "Doris-Ann Williams" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>An example of poor communications!
>
>A friend of mine runs a stained glass window business part time which
>means he is exposed to significant amounts of lead and felt he should
>have his blood lead level checked - a test his GP charged for. The result
>came back to the GP of 0.66 - no units and no indication of what this
>meant in regards to toxicity.
>
>I am assuming this is micrograms / ml and that the level of concern is
>around 1.6 ug/ml but told him he should go back and insist the GP rings
>the lab for interpretation.
>
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