Radiologists guide
A guide for radiologists working at Nightingale
Finding the Radiology Department
Rule of thumb: follow the white arrows and head for Hall M.
Don't forget to sign in at the Staff Entrance and sign out at the end of your shift.
Radiology
IT
Workstation and Wifi login details can be found at the Radiology Reception.
Personal AGFA, CRIS and ICE login details are the same as those at Harrogate District Hospital.
Protocols
All Trusts using the Nightingale site will be working to the Yorkshrie Imaging Collaborative CT Protocol Book (Tolan D - February 2020 edition). A printed version of this can be found at the workstation.
Contrast
Contrast is prescribed by hand on a paper prescription chart. An example of a completed prescription chart can be found at the workstation. Omnipaque 350 volumes are determined by weight and are in the protocol book (also, see table below). Patient weight and allergy history will be taken on arrival. The up-to-date eGFR will be recorded on the printed scan request form.
Prescription Chart Checklist
Omnipaque 350 Volume by Body Weight
Weight (Kg)
Volume (mL)
<50
60
50 - 59
70
60 - 69
80
70 - 79
90
80 - 89
100
90 - 99
110
>100
120
Comfort
Lunch Break
The scanner pauses for lunch break at 12:30 before resuming the afternoon session tests at 13:00 (patient on scanner for 13:15)
This leaves just enough time to make it to...
Food/Drink Ideas
You do not need to sign out to leave the site temporarily for lunch as long as you intend to return.
All COVID-19 adjusted opening times for nearby open eateries were correct as of 04/06/2020.
08:00 - 17:00, 7 days a week.
Currently offering free coffee (and probably all hot drinks) to NHS staff on production of an NHS ID badge.
Directions:
Leave via the patient entrance.
Head up the Parliament Street hill (over the crossroads) up to the war memorial opposite Betty's.
Cafe Nero is on the left, practically next-door to NatWest.
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