IR responsibilities : Received referral from outside centre. Give the appointment date to the referral team. Explain the patient’s preparation to the referral team. Ask the patient to bring a physical referral letter on appointment day. Give the patient information and appointment date to angiographer on duty Angiographer responsibilities: Received the information from IR. Key in the …
Admin meeting 28/9/2022 had decided: Early appointment – Radiologist/MO who vetted the cases for early appointment need to state the time frame of the appointment. Example: “Early within 2 weeks”, “Early this week”. – If the primary team comes to discuss with the Radiologist/MO to request for an early appointment after the normal appointment date was given, …
Admin Meeting 28/9/2023 had decided : All ultrasound cases except ultrasound will be vetted by MO Phase 2 and above. – Radiographer will put the non-vetted ultrasound cases in the tray located at the reporting room. – MO on duty will take the non-vetted form from the tray. – MO needs to return the vetted form to …
Effectively March 2019, Ultrasound doppler appointment will be done in the afternoon slot. Number of cases per day : 3 cases
In case of MRI breakdown, kindly follow these SOP to outsource patient to other center/hospital. 2 types of SOP Urgent MRI selected by Radiologist Appointment cases that already be given but cannot proceed due to breakdown. The cases can’t be delayed. Urgent MRI request by primary team The urgent cases request by primary team. Must …
Key notes: No pediatrics patient will be accepted No cases which need GA or sedation will be accepted. If patient is claustrophobia, the case will be cancelled. No cases which need comparison with old MRI or CT images will be accepted No urgent cases will be accepted Only cold cases will be accepted, unless MRI …
Primary team responsibilities : To call MRI Suit at 9Am (Morning slot) & 2pm (Afternoon/Evening slot) Prepare the patient every day (Monday to Friday) : Morning slot- fasting start 12 am Afternoon slot-fasting start 9aam
Cases must be vetted and approved by Radiologist as semi-urgent/ KIV. Radiographer must give the earliest possible date before keep the form in KIV list folder. Radiology’s MO will discuss with Radiologist of the day either to proceed or not if there is slot on that day. KIV list is applicable for in patient only.
As discussed during the admin meeting on 13/7/2023, there are new updates in the arrangement of CT Scan appointment cases per day. Total number per day are 15 cases which include: long cases : 7 cases short cases : 3 cases early appointment : 5 cases This new guideline is effective immediately for new appointments.
Kindly be informed that Department of Radiology will be no longer be accepting and keeping the Histopathology/Cytology request form for any biopsy/FNAC cases. This form must be given to the patient (for outpatient procedures) or brought by the primary team (for inpatient procedures). This is to avoid any upcoming issues related to the form. Further details of …