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Bedside physican places order for specific test requested
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Stat/Emergency
- Placed above all orders in case depot in IHIS
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Ordering physician may call radiologist for specific requests
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Test performed by radiologist technician
- If patient unstable; responsibility of floor RN to stay and monitor patient
- floor RN will transport patient back to room
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Patient transported to department by floor RN
- Radiologist performs stat read and preliminary results placed
- Abnormal results will be paged to ordering physician
- Official results will be in IHIS within 24 hrs
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Regular/non urgent
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Placed in IHIS case depot department/sorted by date
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Test performed by radiologist technician
- Radiologist performs read and results placed in IHIS
- Abnormal results will be alerted to ordering physician by page
- Official results will be in IHIS within 24 hrs
- Abnormalities will be alerted to radiologist by technician by page
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Patient transported to department by transportation
- Technician will request transport to return patient to room
- Must have correct diagnosis for test