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and regulatory drivers which include: Equality and Human Rights Commission - codes of practice Human Rights Act 1998 The NHS Equality Delivery System 2
change needs to be discussed, then contact the Consultant Microbiologist Normal levels Target levels for once daily dosing in adults: 12 hours post-dose <2
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You should take the iron tablet at least 2 hours before or 4 hours after taking antacid medication.
To ease the pain, please take 2 x 500 mg tablet of paracetamol up to 4 times a day.
As a rough guide: 2 weeks – Wound has healed. You should keep the wound clean and very dry until this point.
Department of Haematology Notes Blood samples should ideally reach the laboratory within 2 hours.
Common 1 -2 days post procedure
Sample retention by lab: EDTA samples are retained for a minimum of 48 hours at 2-8°C Transport of samples may affect sample viability, i.e.
There are 2 types of anaesthetic that are used for this operation.
Requirements 2ml, 3ml or 3.5ml Trisodium Citrate sample Turnaround Times Urgent, clinical emergency: 30 minutes Other urgent sample: 60 minutes Routine: 2
You may be discharged 2 to 3 days after your surgery.
It is important that the sick day rules are followed and that you re-check blood ketone levels again in 1 to 2 hours.
Suppression in patients with Cushing's syndrome is rare with this test (2%).
Tuesday 12th March, Cheltenham General Hospital, 2-3.30pm Thursday 14th March, Cheltenham General Hospital, 2-3.30pm Histopathology Cut-up Observation
As your child recovers, make sure that they avoid strenuous activity for the next 2 to 3 days or until their symptoms have settled.
A second blood sample will be taken 2 hours after finishing the Polycal® drink.
To help prevent this happening, you need to drink at least 2 litres of fluid each day.
Early use of anticoagulation may reduce mortality rates.2 Measuring coagulation markers, such as D-dimer, have proven to be useful to detect hypercoagulability
Turnaround times Samples are sent to North Bristol NHS Trust for analysis, with results expected back within 2 weeks.