Pathology services at Barnsley Hospital are part of the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology partnership.
Ideally, it is preferable to send requests via the ClinSys ICE ordercomms system. This is beneficial for a number of reasons; it prompts for mandatory information required by the laboratory to carry out testing and it speeds up the sample receipt process. If handwritten forms must be used it is vital that the request form is completed accurately in accordance with the clinical acceptance policy and the requesting clinician’s name and location or address fully written.
Please note that abbreviations may result in the incorrect, clinically qualified persons - or locations - being selected and as a consequence, the results for the patient may be sent back to another clinician. Whilst the laboratory staff make every effort to minimise errors, staff can only book samples into the system with the information they are provided with.
Please note requests for Histology must be completed using a hand written request form. Please refer to the Cellular Pathology page for further information.