Table 1.

Physician definitions of ED TAT start and end times (% responses).⁸

	All	ED	Paediatrics	Surgery	Int. Med.	Other
Start Time
Lab Receipt	9	13	8	4	5	7
When Drawn	15	13	22	14	14	18
On ED Order	28	40	16	18	19	16
Physician Request	45	33	51	63	58	57
Physician Realisation	2	1	4	1	3	2
End Time
Physician acts on results	0	0	0	1	1	3
When charted	5	3	3	7	6	7
ED gets results	50	67	26	33	32	29
Physician gets results	44	26	72	22	62	57