Xrays

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Hannah Wynne Richards — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 11:48:09 GMT

If they aren't VNs (even if not RVNs) this is a very serious criminal offence - as serious as allowing RANAs to give injections was when I was a new grad.

Wynne

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Liz w — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 09:23:37 GMT

[quote user="Gillian Mostyn"]

[quote user="Martin Atkinson"]I still have every X-ray I've ever taken over 35 years stored in an ever increasing pile in the loft at the surgery.[/quote]

I pity the poor person who has to move them one day, when you fall off this mortal coil in the middle of your 100245th bitch spay....

[/quote]And for this reason alone, you should teach your nurses to stitch up even if they aren't registered, Martin ;-)

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svn — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 00:01:23 GMT

6 years

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Bob Russell — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 16:01:35 GMT

Not going to be his problem then is it? Having a good laugh, sitting on his white cloud, strumming his harp as the paramedics are called to attend the person lifting them!

The battle will truly come when that person is sitting on the cloud next to his, cursing him for not throwing the bl++dy things away earlier.

RE: Xrays

Gillian Mostyn — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 11:45:23 GMT

[quote user="Martin Atkinson"]I still have every X-ray I've ever taken over 35 years stored in an ever increasing pile in the loft at the surgery.[/quote]

I pity the poor person who has to move them one day, when you fall off this mortal coil in the middle of your 100245th bitch spay....

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Martin Atkinson — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 11:23:46 GMT

I still have every X-ray I've ever taken over 35 years stored in an ever increasing pile in the loft at the surgery. One day I promise myself I will get round to destroying/recycling them. But I wonder whether they may one day be a useful archive for someone.

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Iain Richards — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 11:17:07 GMT

7 years I think, longer if the animal is still alive.

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Simon Neuhoff — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 08:29:54 GMT

Thanks for all that. Some of these date back at least 11 years! Will contact those guys.

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Neil Wheadon — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 23:47:54 GMT

You probably know, but the silver is worth something, the earlier the better

http://angloxray.com

Neil

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Gillian Mostyn — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 23:02:00 GMT

We keep them longer than that- mainly to ensure that a clinical history is complete in case they are needed in future. I think VDS suggests clinical records should be kept for at least 6 years - something about time scales for action to be taken I think. We therefore store them for a minimum of 7 years.

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Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 22:56:40 GMT

For most types of practice I'd say that 4 years was more than ample. Throw 'em out. More than likely they are deteriorating anyway.