What would you say when handing over three different unfinished radiology tasks?

Instruction: Give the handover itself, making the next action and receiving owner clear for each patient. Explain what you retain until the transfer is accepted.

Context: At a fictional morning changeover, patient A has a suspected urgent finding but the ward has not answered your calls; patient B has a preliminary interpretation awaiting a subspecialist comparison later that morning; and patient C has an incomplete examination with a decision still needed about further imaging. Use these labels without inventing patient details. The incoming radiologist keeps receiving calls.

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I would ask for a brief protected handover and start with A: “This is the urgent unresolved item. The finding is suspected, the ward has not acknowledged it, and clinical communication is still outstanding. I am continuing the urgent contact route unless you explicitly take that action now.”...

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