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Neurology Lumbar Puncture Clinic   at
University of Calgary - Health Sciences Centre
Specialty: Neurology
Connect Care Department: CGY FMC NEUROLOGY LP CL
Estimated time to routine appointment: Not Available
Alberta Health Services - Calgary Zone
SERVICE DESCRIPTION
Lumbar Puncture Clinic is a clinic for the AHS Division of Neurology, Calgary Zone. Referrals are only accepted from AHS neurologists within the Calgary Zone Division of Neurology.This clinic is provided as a means of determining a diagnosis (ruling in or out).This is a procedure clinic for a lumbar puncture. The patient will be educated, consent form signed. The physician will collect a specimen of cerebrospinal (CSF) fluid from the lower back area, with the assistance of clinic staff. The results are sent to the referring Neurologist. The patient will be assessed and cared for until discharge. Post procedure care and instructions will be provided.
Lumbar Puncture Clinic is a clinic for the AHS Division of Neurology, Calgary Zone. Referrals are only accepted from AHS neurologists within the Calgary Zone Division of Neurology.This clinic is provided as a means of determining a diagnosis (ruling in or out).This is a procedure clinic for a lumbar puncture. The patient will be educated, consent form signed. The physician will collect a specimen of cerebrospinal (CSF) fluid from the lower back area, with the assistance of clinic staff. The results are sent to the referring Neurologist. The patient will be assessed and cared for until discharge. Post procedure care and instructions will be provided.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
A referral from a Neurologist is required.  Any referrals from a GP or other Specialties will be declined.
A referral from a Neurologist is required.  Any referrals from a GP or other Specialties will be declined.
REFERRAL PROCESS - FOR CONNECT CARE USERS
Referrals are only accepted from AHS neurologists within the Calgary Zone Division of Neurology via Connect Care. Referrals from other specialties are not accepted.
Send an Internal Referral using the Ambulatory Referral Order to Neurology, enter CGY FMC NEUROLOGY LP CL in the “To Department” section and complete order.
Referrals are only accepted from AHS neurologists within the Calgary Zone Division of Neurology via Connect Care. Referrals from other specialties are not accepted.
Send an Internal Referral using the Ambulatory Referral Order to Neurology, enter CGY FMC NEUROLOGY LP CL in the “To Department” section and complete order.
ADDITIONAL SERVICE DETAILS
For neurological concerns, please direct referrals to the Neurology Central Access and Triage (NCAT). Healthcare providers must consult the Alberta Referral Directory for required information to include with referral. Incomplete referrals will be returned.
For neurological concerns, please direct referrals to the Neurology Central Access and Triage (NCAT). Healthcare providers must consult the Alberta Referral Directory for required information to include with referral. Incomplete referrals will be returned.
COMMUNICATION PROCESS
  • Referral receipt to referring source within 7 days.
  • Wait list status update every 14 days.
  • Appointment outcome to referral source within 30 days.
 
PHONE
403-944-6412
REFERRAL PHONE
403-944-6412
REFERRAL FORM
CLICK + TO VIEW REFERRAL GUIDELINES
Routine Reason for Referral
Access Targets convey the clinically appropriate timeframe patients should be seen within, by reason for referral and priority level.
Access Target
Required Information/Investigations
Investigation Timing
Additional Details
Autoimmune encephalitis
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
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Past Medical History
 
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Possible autoimmune encephalitis

CIDP - Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
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Current

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Current
CIDP (neuromuscular)

Dementia
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Current

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Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Current

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Current

Meningitis or encephalitis
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Current

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Possible meningitis/encephalitis

Multiple sclerosis
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Current

Past Medical History
 
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Multiple sclerosis diagnostic work up
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
 
MISSED APPOINTMENT GUIDELINES
If a new patient misses two appointments, the referral is closed and the referring physician is notified. Please ensure all patient demographics especially telephone number are current.
If a new patient misses two appointments, the referral is closed and the referring physician is notified. Please ensure all patient demographics especially telephone number are current.
 
HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Tuesday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Wednesday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Thursday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Friday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
   
 
ADDRESS
Foothills Medical Centre, Area 3
3330 Hospital Drive NW
Calgary Alberta
T2N 4N1
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INSTRUCTIONS
  • Bring your Alberta health care card and a piece of government issued photo ID.
  • Check in at reception 15 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time.
  • You may bring a family member or significant other during your consultation.
  • Please make sure to have someone with you if you are unable to communicate in English.
  • Bring your Alberta health care card and a piece of government issued photo ID.
  • Check in at reception 15 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time.
  • You may bring a family member or significant other during your consultation.
  • Please make sure to have someone with you if you are unable to communicate in English.
 
DIRECTIONS
The Health Sciences Centre is attached to the Foothills Medical Centre located at the intersection of 16 Ave NW and 29 St NW. When you have parked go to level 3 in the parkade and take the +15 over to the Health Sciences Centre. Once you have entered the building, turn left and follow the corridor to our reception.
The Health Sciences Centre is attached to the Foothills Medical Centre located at the intersection of 16 Ave NW and 29 St NW. When you have parked go to level 3 in the parkade and take the +15 over to the Health Sciences Centre. Once you have entered the building, turn left and follow the corridor to our reception.
 
PHONE
403-944-6412
 
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS
Park in Lot 6, pay for parking and proceed to the third level of the parkade to take the +15 overpass to the Health Sciences Centre.
Park in Lot 6, pay for parking and proceed to the third level of the parkade to take the +15 overpass to the Health Sciences Centre.
 
EMAIL
VIRTUAL APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
Virtual appointments are not offered for this service.
Virtual appointments are not offered for this service.
 
 
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY
Yes

The primary purpose of the All Locations list is to let the user easily access any location of a healthcare service without going back to the main search screen.

The locations listed have 3 background colors:
  • Green means the healthcare service@location has referral information attached to it.
  • Brown means the healthcare service@location never had referral information attached to it, or it has unpublished referral information.
  • Red means
    • IA changed the healthcare service@location's status to something other than Current
    • It was deleted if it is an ARD healthcare service@location.
Green  and Brown are always at the top of the list. These are the Healthcare Service@Locations with the status of Current.
The Red list at the bottom consists of non-current Healthcare Service@locations that once had Published referral information in the ARD.
If the referral information was never published in ARD the Healthcare Service@location will not show in the Red list.

The secondary purpose of the All Locations list is to allow ARD Administrators to recover (copy) referral information from the non-current Healthcare Service@Locations to ones that are current.

Common Scenario:
A Healthcare Service moves from one location to another. In this case the IA Healthcare Service@Location record will be made defunct (non-current) and a new Healthcare Service@Location record will be created with a current status. In this scenario the captured referral guidelines in ARD can become "orphaned" as they are not attached to any current IA healthcare service.

Categories of non-current or orphaned referral guidelines: INDIVIDUAL and COMMON.
The REFERRAL GUIDELINES section of the profile has the prefix INDIVIDUAL or COMMON to help you choose the method below when transferring referral guidelines from a non-current Healthcare Service@Location to a current healthcare service@location.

Individual referral process
  1. Click on a non-current (Red) Healthcare Service@Location at the bottom of the All Locations list.
  2. The non-current referral info is displayed with the link Copy this Referral Process to another Healthcare Service@Location link on the upper right hand corner. Click on the copy link.
  3. Choose a current location (Green or Brown) from the All Locations list. This will be the Healthcare Service@Location you are pasting the referral info into.
  4. The system will display the Edit Referral Info screen populated with the referral info from the non-current Healthcare Service@Location you viewed in the first step.
  5. Click Save and the referral info is transferred from the non-current Healthcare Service@Location to the current one.
  6. Repeat these steps for each Healthcare Service@Location that needs attention.

Common referral process - 2 sub cases.
Case 1: At least 1 current Healthcare Service@Location with common referral info is with current status for this healthcare service; One or more Healthcare Healthcare Service@Locations where replaced by new one.
  1. Click on any current Healthcare Service@Location whether it has referral info (Green) or not (Brown).
  2. The healthcare service location opens in the Edit Referral Info screen populated with the current common referral info.
  3. Save it. 
  4. All locations will be updated with the common referral information, including all the locations that don't have referral info yet (Brown). The non-current referrals (Red) will also be updated.
Case 2:  All Healthcare Healthcare Service@Locations for a healthcare service are set to a non-current status and replaced by new ones. In this case there is no current additional referral info to copy from, so the only alternative is to pick up the non-current common referral process (Red). Follow the steps described in the section Individual Referral Process above to copy/paste the non-current common referral info to the current healthcare service locations.
Generally we want to replicate current common referral info to new or replaced healthcare service locations. We only resort to copying non-current common referral info if there is no other option.

Remember: Some fields can be location specific with the common referral process:
Parking Instructions, Directions, Parking Map, Wait Time, Referral Phone or Referral Fax.
To update these items you have to edit each Healthcare Service@Location separately.

ADDITONAL NOTES:
  • The info icon after the All Locations drop down will be visible to ARD Administrators.
  • The system doesn't allow you to copy referral information from one non-current Healthcare Service@Location to another.

 

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