0800 467 4260 | 07 578 0273 ext. 714 | tracey.rogers@bayradiology.co.nz | PO Box 2636, Tauranga 3144 | www.bayradiology.co.nz From: Tracey Rogers Sent: Thursday, 20 August 2020 12:50 PM To: Tracey Rogers <Tracey.Rogers@bayradiology.co.nz> Subject: Patients with respiratory symptoms requiring imaging at Bay Radiology To reduce the risk to our patients, employees and community we are instigating the following policy around imaging patients with respiratory symptoms. This policy will remain in place for the foreseeable future. Any patient that has respiratory symptoms must have a booked appointment. We will no longer accept these patients as part of our walk-in service. • Please forward their request form to us via fax, Best Practice or email. We will contact the patient directly to book an appointment and to explain the procedure that they will be required to follow to navigate safely through our practice. • Please annotate on the request form whether the patient has had a COVID-19 test and what the result was. If you believe that the patient does not meet the criteria for this test please also annotate this in the clinical indications. • If a COVID-19 test has been undertaken the patient will not be able to attend an appointment until after a negative test result has been received. o If you believe their imaging needs are urgent and cannot wait for their test results please refer them to Tauranga Hospital We appreciate there will be some instances where urgent imaging will be required eg: ?fracture. In these cases, where the patient also has respiratory symptoms, we would welcome your phone call so that we can discuss these cases on an individual basis to not only ensure an expedient diagnosis but also the safety of all involved. All other patients requiring x ray imaging are still welcomed to present to our receptions during our regular operating hours. We wish to thank you for your ongoing support.
Kind regards Kylie Alexander Clinical Operations Manager