On 04/12/2019 14:24, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Andrew wrote:
Are you saying it costs no more to process such things quickly? Perhaps
you'd have someone standing by to rush it to the lab, then wait for the
results, and rush them back?


When you are in hole stop digging.

Once the specimen has arrived in the lab

When you are in hole stop digging.


You really don't understand do you ?. Have you
ever worked in hospital path lab ?.

Many GPs take blood samples for tests, and these
then have to be transported to the hospital where
the lab is. Even after the specimen has arrived
in the lab (including those taken on wards or
in OP clinics) it has to be identified, booked
into whatever labComputer system is in use (varies
greatly from hospital to hospital) before being
processed. The pprocessing of routine blood tests
takes no time at all, but unless it is urgent,
when the results will be telephoned through, there
are in-lab procedures to follow before the results
go back to the requestor. FACT. END OF.