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Laboratory staff will be able to direct your call to the duty biochemist who will be happy to assist.
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The Cheltenham Aveta birth unit will remain closed for labour and birth All other services at the unit, including planned antenatal care, continue to be
found to be sent home earlier safe in the knowledge they would be seen sooner) Method Changes were tested in order to allow ward based therapy staff to
You may be given some provisional test results straight away, otherwise you will be told the results at your next out-patient appointment.
The wrap should be worn 24 hours a day. You will be able to remove it for showering and redressing of your ulcer.
You will be asked to undress to the waist and will be offered a hospital gown that should be left open to the front (like a coat).
Samples must be centrifuged and serum separated from red cells in less than 12 hours.
Chemical Pathology Notes Beta-hydroxybutyrate (BOHB, also known as 3- hydroxybutyrate) is a ketone body produced when glucose cannot be used as a fuel
Usually this person will be at home on stand-by. Arrangements for an on-call investigation must be made directly with the on call BMS.
The elbow should be able to be put back into place by a nurse or doctor - this will only take a few seconds.
Storage/transport Samples should be sent as soon as possible at ambient temperature to the laboratory but if unavoidable samples can be stored refrigerated
You must bring your request form, otherwise it will not be possible to take your blood.
or dates to be treated on) than on the NHS.
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The next step in your treatment will be decided according to your response to the injections. Any further appointments will be posted to you.
Please be reassured that if you need to be seen by your Clinical Nurse Specialist or doctor, an appointment can be arranged quickly or the team may advise
There may be times when service pressure requires the phone lines to be unmanned but voicemail messages and emails will be checked regularly during office
These appointments will be arranged every 3 months until your baby is 2½ years old.
A report will be sent to your GP.
