Hello!
I was stung with an unknown needle at the dental office I work at and had blood drawn at the ER 3 days ago. I've been calling them everyday since but my results still weren't available at medical records. The person at medical records finally gave me the number for the lab, and when I called them they said my sample was processed a while ago. I don't know why medical records didn't have the results but anyway.
Since it was an urgent matter, I asked if my results could be sent to me. I said I would provide any information they needed and fax over a consent form. They said they can't release the results to me and that my doctor has to request them. This is the weirdest thing I ever heard. I moved to the US 10 years ago and everyday I am more astonished by the unnecessary hoops the system makes you jump through just to receive care.
Is this the norm? How can I not access my own blood results? Where is the transparency? I am already furious that it took me 3 days to find out my sample was processed when I came in as an emergency. I was told I had 72 hours to start taking PEP and yet I haven't been able to get any information and my 72 hours is almost up. I am now waiting for my primary physician to get a chance to look at my results, but he's pretty busy so I don't know when he'll get back to me.
If this is the norm, I'm just gonna let it be. But if it's not, I feel like I need to talk to someone at the hospital and figure out why I wasn't able to get my results for 70 hours.
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