Specimen Transport

Pneumatic Transport System

Specimens should be placed in the self sealing plastic bags, the request form in the external pocket so that the urgency and tests are visible and the specimen bag placed in a secondary container (available on wards) for transport to the laboratory.

Note the pneumatic transport system at DCH SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING TESTS:

CSF spectrophotometry for subarachnoid haemorrhage.

Pneumatic tube policy / user guidelines

Details of the pneumatic transport system are available on local intranet at IP address \\Arthur\pathcp\Pneumatic TUBE system\Pneumatic Tube Operational Policy Version 1.9 Dec 04.doc