{"id":2936,"date":"2020-03-19T11:56:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T22:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.awanuilabs.co.nz\/south\/canterbury\/?page_id=2936"},"modified":"2020-05-05T10:21:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T22:21:50","slug":"frozen-sections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.awanuilabs.co.nz\/south\/canterbury\/for-referrers\/test-information\/frozen-sections\/","title":{"rendered":"Frozen sections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Requests for frozen sections can only be booked in during these hours: between 8.30am &#8211; 4.30pm Monday to Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please call <strong>027 550 7030<\/strong> to make a booking and to arrange collection for routine frozen sections during business hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We require 30 minutes notice that the frozen section is imminent, to allow us to organise staff to be on standby to collect the specimen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Awanui Labs does not offer a 24\/7 service for frozen sections, but we do have an on-call pathologist available to deal with unexpected events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Process summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. <strong>Book ahead<\/strong> of time by calling the Frozen Section number: <strong>027 550 7030<\/strong> <br>2. <strong>Phone the same number on the day of surgery<\/strong> to confirm that surgery is still going ahead and what time the frozen section is expected<br>3. <strong>Phone again 30 minutes before pick up is required<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There are occasions where frozen sections are required to be processed out of normal business hours. 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