One question I have, do you schedule exams per per/per tech? Or do you have a schideule and the tech simply picks up the next exam?
I asl because if you are scheduling every room with their own exam list then simply put in a variety of exams that take different times. Every person is responsible for their own list and if they finish sooner then can pull over and help someone else until their next patient gets there.
I'm working in London and not in a dedicated vascular lab. We do perform vascular studie so I get to do them a half day a week a couple of time a month. The person working vascular is responsible for everything scheduled including writing the final report. We do not have a vascular reporting system so it is put into our RIS.
cartotid - 30minunilateral venous insuff - 30 minBilateral venous insuff- 1 hourunilateral art - 30bilat art - 45 minwe don't do renal arterieswe don't do any ABI (or ABPI as they are called here) nor do we do any PVR's since we don't have the equipmentAorta/iliac 30 minwe rarely do DVT studies as these are performed by the reguistrars (radiology residents)TOS - 30 minI've had a few off the standard exams and they are ususally put into a 30 min slot, ie radial and ulnar art evaluation for reconstructive suregery , inferior epigastric artery evaluation for plastic sugery reconstruction ( pt had an appendectomy with a prominet scar so wanted to see if IEA was intact)
The time slot includes writing the final report.
Audrey
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Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 6:03 PM
Subject: Test scan / reporting times
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