Effective cooperation between clinical physicians and laboratory consultation division

With the increase in clinical examination items, and with the specialization of clinical medicine, physicians' requests for consultations on laboratory medicine is getting more evident. However, at present in many hospitals laboratory staff do not always make appropriate answers to the question...

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Published in:	Rinsho byori. The Japanese journal of clinical pathology Vol. 51; no. 4; p. 331
Main Authors:	Hayakawa, Mieko, Kikuchi, Haruhito, Ishibashi, Midori, Watanabe, Kiyoaki
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Japanese
Published:	Japan 01-04-2003
Subjects:	Clinical Laboratory Information Systems - trends Humans Interprofessional Relations Laboratories, Hospital Medical Laboratory Personnel - trends Physicians Referral and Consultation
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Summary:	With the increase in clinical examination items, and with the specialization of clinical medicine, physicians' requests for consultations on laboratory medicine is getting more evident. However, at present in many hospitals laboratory staff do not always make appropriate answers to the questions from physicians in various fields because the laboratories are divided in terms of examination fields. In our hospital, we established a consultation division responding to every inquiry from clinical staff with a full-time technologist. At present the division is functioning very well, suggesting that laboratory technologists must build close relations with clinical staff and that the technologist's task is very diverse, not confined to just analyzing samples.
ISSN:	0047-1860