how and when do you get the results?
By hereandthere
@hereandthere (45645)
Philippines
August 8, 2020 4:07am CST
hi all!
when you need to have labwork or diagnostic tests done like blood, x-ray, ultrasound, ecg, etc, how soon do you get the results?
do you have to go back after a day or two?
is it emailed to you?
when the new hospital was built about three years ago, i found out that it only takes 2 hours to get the results of a blood extraction and urinalysis (urine sample).
because of this, i would schedule them on the same day as my doctor's appointment.
i would have breakfast at their canteen afterwards then walk or catch a jeep to the mini-mall nearby to buy groceries, medicine, stuff for the house, etc during that 2-hour gap.
that way, i tackle several tasks/errands in one day/one trip.
in the past, i would go to a private laboratory/diagnostic company that's farther than this hospital. then you had to come back the next day for the results, so it's two trips out.
it was also always crowded, so you had to wait a long time for your turn.
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@LadyDuck (472041)
• Switzerland
8 Aug 20
It depends, if the blood (or urine) test is needed to perform another test, we get the results in one hour. If it's "not urgent" after a few hours or the day after. We do not have to go back they transmit everything electronically to our personal doctors.
We get free breakfast if we were asked to fast for the tests. Right now we are avoiding to go to the hospital, unless it is a urgency.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
8 Aug 20
i think it's better that way, that they forward it to the doctor.
what do they give you for breakfast?
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@LadyDuck (472041)
• Switzerland
8 Aug 20
@hereandthere For breakfast they usually give coffee with milk and a croissant or toasted bread with jam if someone cannot have a croissant for medical reasons.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
8 Aug 20
@LadyDuck it's the same as your usual breakfast - coffee with pastry - if i remember correctly.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
21 Aug 20
it's save time when you only have to wait for it
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
8 Aug 20
yes, it's better that way, when it's forwarded to the doctor already. i guess he's been seeing the same doctor and having the tests done at the same place for a long time now?
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@JudyEv (341947)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Aug 20
@hereandthere That's true. He has a very good relationship with his present doctor and trusts him implicitly.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Aug 20
for me, when my blood is extracted for PTPA, it takes only 2 hours to finish it all including the result.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
11 Aug 20
do you go to the lab dept of the hospital or private/independent lab/diagnostic center?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 Aug 20
@hereandthere during the first few months of the ECQ, there was a makeshift clinic for our cardiologist at the parking area of the hospital. the medtech had to go out and i had to extend my arm through a small opening where she extracted the blood.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
8 Aug 20
do you have it done at the laboratory department of a hospital or at a laboratory/diagnostic center?
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@sophie09 (34236)
• Indonesia
8 Aug 20
@hereandthere at the lab department of a hospital
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
8 Aug 20
are you talking about the test for covid-19? i'm referring to the common/routine stuff like blood extraction, etc.
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@Adie04 (17360)
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8 Aug 20
@hereandthere yup. I mean that the waiting for the results though. Trying to relate the waiting result of the swab test and those blood extraction.
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@jobelbojel (36023)
• Philippines
8 Aug 20
Yup, it takes only a couple of hours to wait for the results now.
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
8 Aug 20
You did not ask them or they did not tell you how you can get the results? It is not safe to always be at the hospital premises these days.
@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
11 Aug 20
huh? i was describing how it's usually done here (the speed between private/independent labs vs hospital lab) and was curious if it's the same in other countries.
@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
11 Aug 20
i'm pretty sure it's far from you so it's better to go to the one near you
@Lavanya15 (12888)
• Chennai, India
8 Aug 20
It depends on test my friend. For urine and sugar level check we get with in Two to three hours. For other test it take time.
But you planing is good. Take care of you.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
8 Aug 20
do you go to the hospital to have them?
do they give you printouts?
@piyushbhatia1 (11695)
• India
8 Aug 20
I get up in the morning. If I feel ok I do not go for any lab test.
