Location: All the laboratories are situated at Basildon
Hospital, Nethermayne, Basildon, Essex, SS16
5NL.
Out
of Hours Service and On-call Arrangements
The Doctor initiating a
request is responsible for:
1) Collecting the
specimen(s)
2) Contacting the appropriate on-duty biomedical scientist,
when necessary
3) Arranging for the transport of the specimen to the
collection/delivery service.
Delivery Points
- Out of Hours:
Basildon
Hospital
B-Level
adjacent to Blood Bank
Clinical Biochemistry/Haematology Specimen
Red box
Microbiology
Specimen
Green box.
You are reminded that the biomedical scientist on duty or
on-call, is working for all doctors in the trust; therefore delays are possible.
Telephoning for results only causes further delay and should be avoided except in an
emergency.
The laboratories are open for routine investigations between
9.00am and 5.30pm Monday to Friday at all other times there is an on-call service.
A Phlebotomy
service is available from a number of locations. See patient
information sheet on blood tests for details
Please note: Patients
for investigations that require fasting should be advised appropriately. Requests
for domiciliary visits should be limited to those patients who are too ill or infirm to
travel.
All
specimens must be accompanied by the appropriate
Departmental request from fully and legibly completed with
the information
as shown in
Guidelines
on blood collection and relevant clinical details.
This information is essential to ensure the specimen is
processed correctly , the results returned without delay
and cumulative files established. It also
facilitiates easy access of results on ward terminals
Requests
for blood collection from Wards
From
Monday to Friday, request forms must reach the Laboratory
by 9.00am for collection on the same day. Phlebotomists
will collect "timed" specimens e.g. blood
glucose, blood cultures, and digoxin and gentamicin
levels which have been requested before 9.00am Any
requests after these times must be collected by medical
staff.
