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Wake up and smell the roses!
Do you installed a chemistry analyzer and rely solely on the
manufacturer supplied information to provide reference information (a
process for which the manufacturer undoubtedly issues a disclaimer)? If that
is your usual practice, then I agree there is a difference between your
laboratory report for core biochemistry and a radiology report.
However, if a member of your professional staff (versus
your reliance on the manufacturer) takes responsibility for the
information conveyed by the test report (which may extend beyond RIs
and include standard interpretive comments) then the distinction between
radiology and biochemistry becomes blurred. This is the situation where I
practice. We scrutinize manufacturer supplied information and pursue various
avenues to validate/replace/supplement that information.
It
may be that your response reflects how you practive laboratory medicine or
you may not have reflected sufficiently on the issue.
Frances Rosenberg MD PhD
FRCP(C)
Medical Biochemist
Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine
St. Paul's Hospital Vancouver BC V6Z 1Y6
Phone
(604) 806-8190 Fax (604) 806-8158
I completely agree
with the statement: A radiology report is an interpretation and the result
from a biochemistry analyser is not. A protein electrophoresis and
immunofixation report is an interpretation and neither is it analogous to
a printout of a biochemistry analyser. I do not see giving a biochemistry
results to someone the same as discussing them with them. I am not quite
sure people are so upset.
Elizabeth Mac Namara
Jewish General
Hospital
Montreal
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Subject: An
interesting comparison...
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http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/337/aug11_1/a785
"A
radiology report is much more
than simply the result of a test. It is not analogous to the print
out of a biochemistry analyser but should be a fully informed clinical
decision"
Jonathan
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