Laboratory Hours and Emergency Work

Laboratory Hours and Emergency Work

1. There should be definite laboratory working hours.
2. In peripheral laboratory it is often more difficult to maintain working hours.
3. Out side of normal working hours each laboratory should organize a system for testing urgent specimen ,(CSF).
4. Only those investigation that are essential for the immediate care and assessment  of a patient should be requested urgently.
5. Written details of the emergency  service [on called service ]should be circulated to all those concerned.
·Each sample should be carefully labeled.
·The clinical and preclinical workers should have vaccinated.
·Auto calve various glassware.
·Specimen collection: It includes the knowledge  for-
-Volume required
-Container and its preparation.
-Use of only anticoagulant or stabilizer .
-Collection procedure for adult and child with health and safety notes.
-How container should be labeled.
-Stability of specimen and requirements for storage and transport .
-Time within which the specimen should reach the laboratory .