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Laboratory User Manual for Waterford Regional Hospital.
WRH-PATH-PD-001 Issue 003 Effective Date:01/10/2009

“The Regional Department of Laboratory Medicine is committed to providing a pathology service of the highest quality to all its users”.

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Introduction

Pathology is a clinical service, which carries out investigations on specimens from patients. It is central to the diagnosis, management and treatment of disease. The service is at the heart of the development of modern scientific medicine, and the practice of pathology has become steadily more diverse and complex.

The pathology service in the HSE - South Eastern area serves a population of approx. 500,000. This includes 30 hospitals and 221 General Practice services. There are 4 acute hospitals with a combined acute bed number of approx. 1100.

The laboratory services for this area are located at 4 sites within the region. The vast majority of the service is located at Waterford Regional Hospital. All the pathology consultants are based at this location, as are, approx. 100 scientific staff. The regional laboratory is divided into five main departments, namely, Biochemistry, Blood Transfusion, Haematology, Histology and Microbiology, with some other subsections within these departments. The regional service for Microbiology and Histology are based in Waterford and all relevant samples are sent directly there. Virtually all work referred from General Practice (except for routine coagulation studies) is sent to the regional laboratory.

Test Library (search by Test name)

This section provides details pertaining to specimen type, specific requirements ( if necessary), frequency of analysis and turnaround times for each test performed in the laboratory. Phone alert limits are defined where relevant. The user should contact the laboratory if additional tests are requested on the sample. The lab will advise if the sample is suitable to analyse the additional test request.

Note for Paediatric requests only: Please be advised that the test library below predominately refers to blood sample requirements for adults. The specimen type/anticoagulant for paediatric samples will be the same however the color coding of the specimen containers differ. The specimen volume for paediatric samples is 1.3mls (exception coagulation samples =1.4mls). Any further queries on paediatric blood sampling contact the relevant laboratory.

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Normal Working Hours

Monday to Friday: 08.00hrs- 20.00hrs
Saturday: 09.30hrs - 12.30hrs

Emergency On-Call Service

Outside of the above time, an emergency on-call service is provided in Biochemistry, Haematology, Blood Transfusion and Microbiology. Tests available on-call are indicated within the discipline specific pages

Ensure only emergency samples are sent to the laboratory
Ensure the correct medical scientist on-call is notified via the hospital switchboard.
Ensure the specific ”On Call” request form accompanies on-call requests.

Postal address:

Pathology Laboratory
Waterford Regional Hospital
Dunmore Road
Waterford

Telephone Numbers:

Andrology/ Semenology Laboratory: 051 - 842410
Specimen Reception: 051 - 842470
Laboratory supplies/stores: 051-842495
Laboratory Manager, Margaret Molloy: 051-842471
Pathology Director, Dr Maurice Murphy: 051-842484
Laboratory Information System Manager, Thomas Walsh: 051-848532
Clerical Supervisor: 051-842108
Laboratory Fax number: 051-848565

Quality Assurance

As part of its commitment to total quality, the Laboratory, at WRH participates in the external quality assurance schemes run by the Irish External Quality Assessment Scheme (IEQAS) and the United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Scheme (UKNEQAS). Copies of the results of these external quality assessments are available on request.