title: [Consulting work performed by the hospital laboratory: the usefulness of the laboratory information office in Tenri Hospital].
abstract: We introduced a consultation process to the clinical laboratory in our hospital. The laboratory information room has been installed for three years in the hospital, and all questions concerning the laboratory tests are received. A clinical laboratory physician and an experienced medical laboratory technician address any complex or technical questions. The clinical laboratory physician is necessary in the laboratory information room because of his or her knowledge of the clinical tests based on clinical experience, and his or her knowledge of the aspects of epidemiology and laboratory management. Clinical experience is especially necessary to communicate between doctors and nurses and medical laboratory technicians. Because managing the business of the laboratory information room by a clinical laboratory physician alone is unrealistic for a lot of hospitals, most laboratory information room must have several medical laboratory technicians and a few clinical laboratory physicians to cooperate with them and help their work.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology, Tenri Hospital, Tenri, 632-8552.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asano
mesh_terms: D007564:Japan; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000379:methods; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*