| Emergency or out of hours service (i.e. hours when the laboratory
is normally closed) is available on a limited basis to the Cornell
University Hospital for Animals only. This service is only for performing
diagnostic tests on samples collected out-of-hours. It is not to be
used for obtaining results from tests performed earlier in the day
or for adding on tests to samples previously accessioned.
There is a $85.00 out-of-hours fee per patient, in addition to
the regular test fees for each emergency call.
To contact a technician for emergency clinical pathologic testing,
call the laboratory at 253-3255. Your call will be forwarded to
the answering service who will then page the technician on call.
You may call the answering service directly at 1-888-299-1226.
The clinician/student in charge of the case is responsible for
bringing the samples to Clinical Pathology. The tubes/slides must
be labeled with the patient ID, otherwise they will not be accessioned
(make sure that the correct patient ID has been applied to that
patient!!). They must also be accompanied by a Clin. Path. request
form, with the following information:
- 1. Patient ID
- 2. Owner name
- 3. Species
- 4. Clinician
- 5. Date and time of collection
- 6. Test(s) requested.
This information will be filled out by the clinician/student in
charge of the case, not the on-call Clin. Path. technician.
We currently have 2 to 3 technicians who perform the emergency
clinical pathology service. They live quite a distance away from
the College, therefore expect at least an hour delay before they
can even begin to do the work (more in winter, depending on the
snow situation).
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