Bury R F, Smith A H
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Leeds General Infirmary, UK.
Nucl Med Commun. 1993 Feb;14(2):126-9. doi: 10.1097/00006231-199302000-00010.
A questionnaire was sent to 221 nuclear medicine departments in the UK asking about their staffing and work patterns. In particular, we wanted to know how many of them offered an on-call service. In those cases where departments wished to offer this service but did not do so, they were asked what was stopping them. Replies were received from 150 departments, a response rate of 68%. Of these, 43 (29%) offered an on-call service, although only 21 (14%) performed ten or more out-of-hours scans in an average year. The examinations most commonly offered were lung scans, localization of gastrointestinal bleeding and renography. In those centres wishing to offer an on-call service but which were unable to do so, limitation of resources was the reason most frequently advanced. Lack of clinical demand was the factor most often quoted by those not wishing to extend their service. The issue of emergency scintigraphy is discussed in the light of these results.
我们向英国的221个核医学科室发送了一份问卷，询问其人员配备和工作模式。特别是，我们想了解其中有多少科室提供随叫随到服务。对于那些希望提供此项服务但未提供的科室，我们询问了阻碍他们的因素。共收到150个科室的回复，回复率为68%。其中，43个科室（29%）提供随叫随到服务，不过平均每年只有21个科室（14%）进行十次或更多的非工作时间扫描。最常提供的检查项目是肺部扫描、胃肠道出血定位和肾造影。在那些希望提供随叫随到服务但无法提供的中心，资源限制是最常提出的原因。那些不希望扩大服务的科室最常提到的因素是缺乏临床需求。根据这些结果对急诊闪烁扫描问题进行了讨论。
