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DOI: 10.3310/hta16060Health Technology Assessment 2012; Vol. 16: No. 6165_________________________________________________________________________________Summary: Steps <strong>for</strong> the Successful Capture and Transfer of Fundus photographs andAngiograms:_________________________________________________________________________________Please contact CARF as soon as your site is ready to commence enrolment.Practical details of stereo im<strong>age</strong> capture <strong>for</strong> colour and fluorescein angiography areprovided in Appendix 7 of the Manual of Operations (p<strong>age</strong>s 65 to 70).Details of the procedures to be followed <strong>for</strong> submission of angiograms to the CentralAngiographic Resource Facility (CARF) are to be found in Appendix 8 (p<strong>age</strong>s 71-75)The following steps are a brief guide to the transfer of im<strong>age</strong>s captured digitally and step 1may vary depending upon the acquisition system:• Select the angiograms to be submitted using the copy/edit/delete facility• Edit patient details: delete name and address.• Enter site ID in the patient name field• Ensure that hospital number and date of birth fields are complete and accurate• Copy the angiograms to a CD-R• Label the CD-R with the site ID and the dates spanning the intervals of capture• Ensure that only the correct side of the CD-R is labelled using a marker pen• Record postal details• Email staff at CARF to alert them to CD-R despatchThe following steps are a brief guide to transfer of film angiograms:• Ensure that colour slides are sorted into their stereo pair sets and that the film strips areproperly positioned in their jackets.• Label the transparent plastic sheet with the 3 letter site ID, patient hospital number anddate of birth only.• Generate a site log showing the 3 letter site ID, hospital numbers and dates of birth <strong>for</strong> allsubmitted angiograms and copy to CARF.CARF study team Contact Details:carf@qub.ac.uk,Tel: 02890632516 (Fax: 028 9063 2699© Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2012. This work was produced by Reeves et al. under the terms of a commissioning contract issued by theSecretary of State <strong>for</strong> Health.

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