Emergency Department and Diagnostic Imaging Protocols and Requests
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Dr Stacy Goergen |
These evidence based imaging protocols
have been agreed with Diagnostic Imaging, the Emergency Departments at
Monash Medical Centre, Casey Hospital, and Dandenong Hospital, and the
relevant inpatient specialist units within Southern Health.
The protocols are derived from the best available evidence and assist the
clinician in determining which patients require imaging at all and which
test is likely to be the most appropriate to the clinical question.
Good quality evidence-based protocols can increase uniformity of care,
reduce medicolegal risk, and reduce inappropriate use of diagnostic testing
with its resulting consequences of potential inappropriate treatment,
inappropriate further investigation, and unnecessary exposure to ionizing
radiation.
Each of the protocols is referenced with the evidence sources from which it
was derived. Each protocol is also associated with a date of implementation
and version number to facilitate planned review and updating in the future
as new evidence becomes available.
Click the required protocol request form on the right.
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Request FORMS |
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