BE Reschedules
At my current clinical site, I am seeing an unusually large number of Barium Enemas being rescheduled because the patient is not properly ‘cleaned out’ for the procedure. I perform quite a few scout x-rays for this exam every week just to have the radiologist reschedule the patient for another day of prep. Some patients come in for the exam and have only been preparing for less than 24 hours, which is rarely enough time for the large intestine to be cleaned out. It also seems that some doctors are not in tune with the nature of the prep procedure. I’m hearing stories from patients where the doctor has told them they could eat certain foods that are not clear liquids. I’m fairly confident that it’s true because multiple patients have told me that this doctor said they could eat cottage cheese, which is certainly not a clear liquid. I can’t really understand why this is happening. It’s a waste of time for the patient and the imaging center…