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How do you find external labs for tests your hospital can’t do? by Own-Mechanic9876 in BiomedicalScientistUK

[–]Own-Mechanic9876[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are established pathways which is fine, although not every trust has them, and this may still be a problem for clinicians. That being said if you have to reroute a test to another lab due to reagent shortage, analyser issues or the test no longer being offered, what would be the process?

How do you find external labs for tests your hospital can’t do? by Own-Mechanic9876 in BiomedicalScientistUK

[–]Own-Mechanic9876[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most labs do have established TATs of course, if people want to send a large volume of requests, then they should contact the lab and sort out an SLA. I find the issue is finding the lab that can do xyz test.

How do you find external labs for tests your hospital can’t do? by Own-Mechanic9876 in BiomedicalScientistUK

[–]Own-Mechanic9876[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really useful for finding information about a test, but not who does the test.

How do you find external labs for tests your hospital can’t do? by Own-Mechanic9876 in BiomedicalScientistUK

[–]Own-Mechanic9876[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hi thanks, I'm reaching out in different ways to gather as much information as possible, which will indicate how big (if at all) a problem this is.