1 At our last audit over 60& of GP requests carried the new NHS number. (YMMV)
2 Nearly all hospital requests carry the PAS or NHS number
3 We don't merge reports unless the requests carry either a new NHs or PAS
number.
Jonathan
"Grimes, Helen" wrote:
> I am amazed that Jonathan Kay's laboratory does not require address. It is
> the address which often aids us in patient mix up, it not uncommon to have
> two patients of the same name in a surgery, OPD, ward etc. Our addressograph
> labels carry address, and handwritten request forms may quote wrong chart
> numbers etc, so the address is a key identifier.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Kay
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 12:59 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Design of laboratory request form
>
> 1 Entering the patient details on a request form doesn't
> breach the DPA. The
> requesting clinician and the receiving laboratory need to be
> registered under
> the Act.
>
> 2 Entering the patient details on a request form doesn't
> breach patient
> confidentiality by any current ruling or guidance. However
> when committees
> look at this issue it is often questioned whether
> laboratories need to know
> the patient identity rather than, for example, a
> clinician-assigned accession
> number.
>
> 3 In Oxford we don't ask for patient addresses for
> biochemistry, haematology
> or immunology, we do for microbiology (but I wouldn't).
>
> 4 It's good practice to have an anonymisation procedure for
> VIPs, staff, GUM
> etc.
>
> Dr Jonathan Kay
> Chairman, Informatics Committee, Royal College of
> Pathologists
>
> "Neely, Jeremy" wrote:
>
> > Re design of request form for GP;s
> > Does anyone have any information/feelings regarding
> inclusion of patients
> > address on these forms ?
> > Does having this information on the form breech patient
> confidentiality or
> > Data Protection Act etc.
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