ChrisH Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 There was a poll done on this site back in 2008. I want to relive this to seperate out those with manual vs machine.If you can fill out the following it would be most helpfulABS TAT in minutes:Method (Manual vs Machine): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Manual Gel, Avg for STAT 43min. Rec'd in lab to result in LIS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDibble Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 We have Echo capture as our machine method. TAT about 40 minutes.We use tubes as our backup. TAT about 25 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbarakym Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 We are on tubes. About 25-30 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deny Morlino Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Gel received to complete is the same as Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbostock Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Our policy states that we have an hour for stats. But we can do gel in about 30 minutes, the Tango can take a little longer (40)...more if there are many samples in the process of running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxyApos Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Echo takes 30 minutes to run. Rest of the time is techs checking specimen, spinning specimen. Of course, the time from order by the floor to receiving by the lab is our big black hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deny Morlino Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Of course, the time from order by the floor to receiving by the lab is our big black hole.To help this situation here the STAT policy has been changed. From the time of notification that a STAT has been ordered phlebotomy has 15 minutes to collect the specimen. This is normally not an issue for the phlebotomy team. The result of this is much better turn around from the ordering ward's perspective. All in the name of customer service after all. It has been very successful here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMcCord Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 We've done the same as Deny to reduce our turnaround times for STATs. It has made a big difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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