CUH cannot stand over test results for patients

A Cork hospital has written to doctors saying it cannot stand over some of its patients’ test results because of a major IT glitch and it has put the State Claims Agency on notice of potential fallout.

GPs who referred patients to Cork University Hospital for a variety of pathology tests have been told that some samples sent for testing were “not tested in full” because the tests could not be done within the requisite timeframe, while samples were still viable.

In addition, the hospital said it was aware of some irregular results in relation to a number of hormone tests, specifically TSH, oestradiol and testosterone. The hospital said it “cannot assure the quality of all results in all cases”.