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 for testing the abuse of drugs in a medico-legal setting. Can be pre-employment, random, reasonable cause, drug rehab, etc
Toxicology
CDTC
72 hours
9126
Collection site needs to be accredited to collect samples to the AS/NZS-4308: 2008 testing standard.
Specimen Collection Protocols - Samples are collected using chain of custody procedures involving special urine testing kits supplied by the Toxicology laboratory. All areas of the collection, transportation and analysis are controlled.
Sample Delivery to Lab - In a sealed tube inside a sealed bag inside a sealed courier bag delivered directly to Toxicology
Aliquot Instructions - Samples are aliquoted into three separate tubes at the collection site and are then sealed for transport to lab.
Aliquot Transport to CHL - Fill all three vacutainer tubes with urine, seal and send to laboratory
Interpretation where appropriate will be provided on the report emailed through to the requestor.
Contact the Workplace Drug Testing / Toxicology laboratory
Mass Spectral analysis for the presence of specific drug metabolites stated in the AS/NZS-4308:2008 Workplace Drug Testing Standard
$97.39 (Exclusive of GST)
9126
Uncertainty of Measurement: The testing standard has very stringent acceptable limits stated. Typically CV's of less than 20% are acceptable although the methods generally run at less than 10 %. 99% confidence limits (3 SD's) are used at the cutoff value to further increase the surety of the result.
For further information contact Grant Moore on 0800 THE LAB x80322 (or grant.moore@cdhb.health.nz) or for the provision of supplies contact the Business Development area of CH Labs on labinfo@cdhb.health.nz
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