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If you have any other questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to speak to the nurse or doctor caring for you.
Factor Assays (Known Haemophilia A or B)
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Please talk about this with your consultant or GP.
If the coagulation screen is abnormal, or there is a strong history of abnormal bleeding episodes despite a normal coagulation screen, the laboratory or
Sometimes we may need to take a blood sample or perform other tests before your procedure or surgery.
This will help to reduce any fear and/or anxiety that the patient may have.
This may be because you feel anxious or low.
Local guidance is available on the Intranet or by contacting the IPC team.
You or your carer will be shown, by a registered nurse, how to injection the heparin into your tummy or outer thigh.
If any special help is needed for communication, for example with translating, our staff will arrange an interpreter or your friends or relatives are welcome
If you need medical advice or treatment but you're not sure whether you need to go to a pharmacy, GP, Minor Injuries and Illness Unit or A&E?
Clicking, grating or snapping sounds are sometimes heard or felt with movements of the thumb and wrist.
Contact information may include your address, telephone number, or email.
If you agree to have the injection, you will be asked to sit or lie down on a couch or chair.
It’s sometimes called rapid or accelerated recovery.
Self-referral for assessment or advice
You should bring your medication or an up to date list of anything you take with you.
To make an ice pack you will need: a plastic bag (without any holes) crushed or cubed ice a small towel, tea towel or cloth Place the ice into the plastic
Please note that laboratory staff are not permitted to discuss specific tests or results with patients; you are advised to contact your GP or consultant