Out Of Hours
Service - (Bacteriology, Wythenshawe Lab)
For urgent out of hours
processing of samples, do not send to Area F. Adopt the following protocol:
Call the
Biomedical Scientist (BMS) on-call, via the switchboard at
Wythenshawe, after you have collected the sample. The BMS will not
come to the laboratory to wait for specimens.
Transport of
the sample to the correct laboratory in a timely fashion is
the responsibility of the ward, not of the BMS on-call and should be
via the portering system or Pneumatic tube.
Specimen
Transport
All containers
must be labelled with the patient's name and unit number, ward and
collection date and time. Ensure that the request form is similarly
completed and includes the correct Consultant Code (Consultant's initials).
All other
specimens, e.g. swabs, tips, clotted bloods, blood cultures, faeces
and urines can be sent via the pneumatic tube. If you have any doubt
about the suitability of sending a sample via the pneumatic tube
system, contact the department on ext: 4819
