Boost for bug testing centre
THE decision to staff a bug sample analysis department round the clock has dramatically improved testing times.
NHS Lothian switched its bacteriology department in April 2009 to cope with the number of samples coming for testing, and analysis revealed turnaround time has reduced by 16 per cent for tests for infections including MRSA. The service processes more than 500,000 samples a year and with the 65-member team now working round the clock it has made things more efficient.
Clinical manager Mike Gray said: "The team were finding it difficult to get the samples done in a typical day, and it was meaning a lot of working outside normal hours.
"By moving to a 24-hour pattern, there is always someone available to process a sample.
"By getting the results quicker, everyone else in the hospital can do their respective jobs quicker, too."
Email to a friend
Print this page- Family mourn death of Glasgow ‘fight’ schoolboy
- Rangers takeover: Duff & Phelps threaten legal action against BBC
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
- Rangers administration: Fans fear Duff & Phelps claims could scare off Green
- Rangers takeover: triple penalty punishment enough, says Johnston
- Alistair Darling leads ‘No to independence’ fight over tea and biscuits
- Scottish independence: SNP flip-flops over Nato
- Scottish Independence: SNP ‘won’t be Yes campaign’s only voice’
- Scottish independence: Alex Salmond’s pledge to sign up 1m voters
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Edinburgh
Sunday 27 May 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 9 C to 22 C
Wind Speed: 13 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 9 C to 21 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: North east
