House Staff Manual - Winthrop University Hospital

1. Diagnostic ProceduresEmergency Room: 24 hours a day;seven days per week, ext. 2387.Main Department: 7:30 A.M.to 4:00 P.M., Monday through Friday,ext. 2374. On Saturday and Sunday,7:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M., ext. 2374 orext. 2387.CT Scanning: 8:00 A.M.to 11:00 P.M., Monday thruFriday, ext. 2377.Ultrasound: 8:00 A.M. to4:00 P.M., Monday throughFriday, ext. 2301.MRI: 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.,Monday through Friday,ext. 2943 or 2062.2. File Room Hours: 7:00 A.M. - 11:00 P.M. dailyRADIOLOGY REQUISITIONSThe radiology staff is here to help the Hospital's Medical Staff, including the House Staff, with theirdiagnostic work-ups. In order to facilitate this, it is the responsibility of the patient's physician to properlycomplete the radiology requisition stating the pertinent clinical information and indications for theexamination. requisitions lacking pertinent history will be sent back to the requesting physician.Such requisitions should have the physician's name printed and, unless specific orders are to the contrary,such a requisition will permit the staff to prepare the patient for the proper radiographic procedure inaccordance with the Department's recommended instructions:Requisitions must be legible and include history, reason for examination, physical and laboratoryfindings, result of any x-ray examinations, method of transportation, relevant previous surgery, andphysician's name and page number - printed. Rule out pathology (example, R/O appendicitis) isnot sufficient history.Requisitions should prominently note that precautions are needed for handling potentially ordocumented infectious patients (example: AIDS, TB, Hepatitis, etc.).Requisitions may now be submitted electronically via the computer system. It is desirable for housestaff to enter the information in the computer himself or herself rather than delegating to someone else,so correct information is provided.It is the referring physician's responsibility to order preparations on the floor. (A brief description ofthe preparations follows below.)Portable examination requests are utilized only when there is a real need for them - not forconvenience.RADIOLOGY PREPARATIONSRev. 1/08