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Dr. Al-Jubouri: At our institution, the median turnaround time from accession to report for emergency department specimens is 37 minutes; 95% are reported within 90 minutes. These turnaround times apply to most basic chemistry and hematology tests--some of the immunoassays take longer. Specimens from our ED are categorically given priority over all but the most urgent inpatient specimens. I cannot say whether this level of performance is "reasonable" or not. Our ED physicians seem, at least, resigned to notion that turnaround times for tests performed in the core laboratory are unlikely to improve by any more than just a few minutes. Most of the complaints we receive focus on the 10% of specimens that exceed 1 hour. Kind regards, Roger Roger L. Bertholf, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pathology Director of Clinical Chemistry & Toxicology University of Florida Health Science Center/Jacksonville > -----Original Message----- > From: Mohammad Al-Jubouri [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 10:22 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: A/E samples TAT > > > Dear All > > What would be a reasonable turn around times for A/E > samples collected in plain gel tubes for common > analytes? Is there any chance of prioritisation of > such samples by laboratory staff based on clinical > details (assuming that all requests carry accurate and > legible clinical details)? > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Mohammad > > ===== > Dr. M A Al-Jubouri > Consultant Chemical Pathologist > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the > FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk > > ------ACB discussion List Information-------- > This is an open discussion list for the academic and clinical > community working in clinical biochemistry. Please note, > archived messages are public and can be viewed via the > internet. Views expressed are those of the individual and > they are responsible for all message content. > > ACB Web Site > http://www.acb.org.uk > List Archives http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html > List Instructions (How to leave etc.) http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ > ------ACB discussion List Information-------- This is an open discussion list for the academic and clinical community working in clinical biochemistry. Please note, archived messages are public and can be viewed via the internet. Views expressed are those of the individual and they are responsible for all message content. ACB Web Site http://www.acb.org.uk List Archives http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html List Instructions (How to leave etc.) http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/