This section describes the business and administrative operations of the Department. It also provides a library of easily downloadable Patient Procedure Sheets for both Nuclear Medicine investigations.
Hours of operation
The Department of Nuclear Medicine is open from 0800h - 1800h Monday to Friday.
At all other times, an on-call service is offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week including Public Holidays.
All requests for out-of-hours work are discussed with the on-call Nuclear Medicine Registrar or Physician.
Austin Hospital
Phone: 03 9496 5718
Fax: 03 9457 6605
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital
Phone: 03 9496 2611
Fax: 03 9496 2763
Referrals
Requests for studies are accepted on your own stationery or if you desire, we can customise referral pads for you.
Which hospital?
You or your secretary may contact either Hospital to arrange an appointment for your patient. Please inform the Reception staff at this time whether you would like the report provided same-day, faxed or sent by conventional mail. The Department is investigating provision of reports via e-mail. If you would like to utilise this service, please let us know. It would be appreciated if you could also indicate at which address you would like the report sent.
Link to location maps
Previous studies
If your patient has had previous Nuclear Medicine or relevant Radiology studies performed elsewhere, we ask that these are brought to their appointment for comparison. If these are not at hand, then we may contact the previous service provider for copies.
Reports
Provisional reports may be given by the Nuclear Medicine Registrar but in all cases, final reports are overseen by the Senior Physician on duty.
Feedback
To maintain and provide optimum service, we welcome any feedback you may wish to give.
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