Consultant Urologist Pregnancy Specimens with no Specimen not processed. Putting samples up to historic requesting doctor or Rejected with following events on the Laboratory location comment No details of Information System (LIS), may ‘’ ‘’ requesting doctor on breach confidentiality. form. Specimen not processed. ‘’ Specimen request form Specimen not processed. Putting samples up to historic does not have a location Rejected with following events on the Laboratory and location cannot be comment patient Information System (LIS), may ‘’No determined from location details given on breach confidentiality. PCN/requesting doctor. form. Specimen not processed. Old Samples: Samples >48 old Such samples will not be Faeces At this stage target organisms may processed. Samples will be not have survived and processing Or rejected with the comment: such samples may yield false negative or misleading results. >48 hours old. “Specimen Date of collection not Unsuitable for analysis. stated on request form or Inappropriate antibiotic therapy can sample According to best practice, result from working up poor quality specimens should be samples. transported and processed as soon as possible. No information available regarding Delays of >48 hours are storage or transport conditions prior undesirable and may yield to submission to laboratory. false negative or misleading results. Advise repeat specimen if clinically indicated.” Sample Quality/Quantity: Sample not processed. Unrepeatable A non-sterile container may lead to Specimens submitted in a Report issued with samples (Samples a contaminated sample and non-sterile or an incorrect comment, specimen may be processed misleading results. container/swab. received in a non standard with a suitable non sterile container. comment appended to the report)
Consultant Urologist Pregnancy Specimens with no requesting doctor or location Specimen not processed. Rejected with following comment ‘’ ‘’ No details of requesting doctor on form. Specimen not processed. ‘’ Putting samples up to historic events on the Laboratory Information System (LIS), may breach confidentiality. Specimen request form does not have a location and location cannot be determined from PCN/requesting doctor. Specimen not processed. Rejected with following comment ‘’No patient location details given on form. Specimen not processed. Putting samples up to historic events on the Laboratory Information System (LIS), may breach confidentiality. Old Samples: Samples >48 old Or Date of collection not stated on request form or sample Such samples will not be processed. Samples will be rejected with the comment: “Specimen >48 hours old. Unsuitable for analysis. According to best practice, specimens should be transported and processed as soon as possible. Delays of >48 hours are undesirable and may yield false negative or misleading results. Advise repeat specimen if clinically indicated.” Faeces At this stage target organisms may not have survived and processing such samples may yield false negative or misleading results. Inappropriate antibiotic therapy can result from working up poor quality samples. No information available regarding storage or transport conditions prior to submission to laboratory. Sample Quality/Quantity: Specimens submitted in a non-sterile or an incorrect container/swab. Sample not processed. Report issued with comment, specimen received in a non standard non sterile container. Unrepeatable samples (Samples may be processed with a suitable comment appended to the report) A non-sterile container may lead to a contaminated sample and misleading results.