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FOI Request

Disclosure ID

FOI/02280

Request Date

March 14, 2018

Subject

Toxicology

Description

1. Do you run toxicology alongside full bloods consistently/randomly?
2. Do you run any tests that would establish blood alcohol levels in an inpatient during their admission?
3. Would these clinical records be made available to HM Coroner?
4. Do you keep blood samples of a patient who died in your care?
5. Do you run toxicology or and tests that would establish blood alcohol levels when a patient is transferred to the Mortuary for a Post Mortem examination?

Response

1. No – only when specifically requested by a Clinician
2. Only when specifically requested by a Clinician
3. At the request of the Coroner
4. Blood samples are stored according to Pathology Departmental Standard Operating Procedures
5. Only if requested by the Coroner

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