Hospital visiting guidelines updated 20 July 2022: Hospital visitors must wear a surgical/medical paper mask. Fabric face coverings are no longer acceptable. See our COVID-19 pages for detailed information about hospital visiting guidelines, COVID-19 tests and care in the community advice. See www.vaccinatecanterburywestcoast.nz for information about vaccinations.
We are at ORANGE according to the NZ COVID-19 Protection Framework
Last updated:
9th April 2022
Kia whakahaumaru te whānau, me ngā iwi katoa – this is to keep everybody safe:
By sticking to the rules above, you help keep our patients, staff, other visitors and yourself safe. We thank you in advance for your patience and understanding as our staff work hard to protect and care for some of the most vulnerable in our community.
Exceptions to the ‘one visitor’ policy
Visiting patients with COVID-19
You must NOT visit the hospital if you
Exceptions for people with disabilities
An exception will be made for people with disabilities who are in hospital or have to attend an outpatient appointment – where they need a support person to access health services. For example, a sign language interpreter, support person for someone with a learning disability, or someone to assist with mobility. The support person is in addition to the one permitted visitor.
Everyone visiting our facilities must wear a mask, no exceptions
While we appreciate that some people have legitimate reasons for being exempt from wearing a mask and may even have an official card to confirm this, people who cannot or will not wear a mask cannot visit someone in hospital or attend hospital, other than to access healthcare. This is another measure to minimise the risk to vulnerable patients.
Patients and visitors should also read the additional more detailed visiting guidelines for each specific hospital.
More COVID-19 information
Used as a screening test to detect structual defects in the red cell membrane associated with Hereditary Spherocytosis.
Refer to the following two documents:
Screening Tests for Hereditary Spherocytosis
Guidelines for Diagnosis of Hereditary Spherocytosis
Haematology - Special Tests
EMAB
3 days
8284
4.0
4000
1.0
Pre-Testing Requirements: Please contact laboratory to arrange suitable day and time for testing, courier transportation and notification to Waikato Hospital. Blood sample must be collected prior to any blood transfusion or at least 60 days from any previous blood transfusion.
6 normal control bloods that have been collected within 30min of the time the patient sample was collected to be sent with patient sample. Control bloods must be clearly labelled as such.
Sample Delivery to Lab: sample kept at 4°C as soon as possible after collection .
Results of the EMA binding test should be interpreted in conjunction with clinical information, red cell indices and blood film findings.
A mean channel fluorescence below the cutoff value of 45.5 is consistent with a diagnosis of Hereditary Spherocytosis.
Flow cytometry method which quantitates the fluorescence intensity as mean channel fluorescence (MCF) of intact red cells after incubation with eosin-5'-maleimide (EMA)
$243.47 (Exclusive of GST)
8284
Referred to Haematology laboratory, Waikato Hospital
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