I would be interested to discover the policy that other labs have when patients arrive at the phlebotomy clinic without a request form? In particular, if the patient's doctor cannot be contacted is a request form completed and blood taken based on historical requesting patterns and discussion with the patient? If so is patient consent documented in these circumstances? ------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/