Breadcrumb Home For patients and visitors Hospitals and units Tyks U-hospital Infectious Diseases Outpatient Clinic, U-hospital Infectious Diseases Outpatient Clinic, U-hospital Keywords: Infections HIV Borrelioosi ... Show all keywords immuunipuutos Opening hours and contact information Visiting address Tyks U-hospital Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8 Turku Entrance 3F, 1st floor Postal address PO Box 52 20521 Turku Telephone Phone, Telephone: 02 313 4302 Social worker Phone, Social worker: 02 313 2289 Fax Phone, Fax: 02 313 2061 , : Office hours Mo–Fr 8:00–15:30 We treat patients with demanding infectious diseases. Problems related to differential diagnostics are also part of our everyday work. These are the most common conditions we study and treat: HIV Prolonged fever of unknown cause Borreliosis Immune deficiencies Infections of travellers and migrants Follow-up treatment and follow-up of patients with severe infections having required hospital treatment Foreign body infections About half of our patients are referred to us by physicians at health care centres and local hospitals. The remaining half attend for check-ups after treatment at a ward or after a visit to the emergency clinic. Our aim is to make a swift assessment of the patient's condition and illness and to perform all necessary laboratory tests and imaging procedures within a minimum time frame. The outcomes of the assessments, tests and imaging procedures are discussed personally with the patient either over phone or at a visit to the clinic. Usually the pertinent patient records are mailed to the patient's home address and to the health care centre or the referring physician. We are a university hospital and participate in clinical and nursing trials related to our medical specialty. Participation in trials is voluntary and written informed consent is required of the participant. Our clinic resides in the Turku University Hospital under the Internal Medicine Outpatient Clinic of Operational division: Medicine. Telephone We use a call-back system. Please note that you can leave a message only during telephone hours. Choose 1, if your call is about scheduling, moving or cancelling an appointment (department secretary). Choose 2, if you need help from a nurse. Tel. 02 313 4302 Telephone hours to department secretary: Mon to Fri 7 to 9 am and 12 to 1 pm Telephone hours to nurse: Mon to Tue, Thu to Fri: 8:30 to 9:30 am Mon and Wed: 1 to 2 pm Client fees For the visits, an open care visit fee or a fee for serial treatment is charged. See client fees. Visit to the outpatient clinic You will receive an invitation by phone or letter to attend at the outpatient clinic. The invitation includes: time of the appointment information about any laboratory or imaging studies needed before the appointment instruction on how you are to prepare yourself for the studies form to be filled in at home and taken along to the appointment biobank consent form. Please make your own reservations for the laboratory tests (unless there are other instructions in the invitation letter). You can change or cancel your appointment by calling the department secretary. When attending the outpatient clinic you will first be received by a nurse. Please reserve enough time for the entire visit. Please take to the appointment with you a list of your medication and any previous test results related to the condition for which you have your appointment. Please fill in carefully all the forms which you receive with the invitation letter before coming to you appointment. When you have arrived at the clinic, please inform the department secretary that you have come. When you visit the clinic, please either switch off your mobile phone or to turn it on silent mode. Facilities The clinic is located on the same floor as most of the special outpatient clinics of the Operational Division of Medicine. The corridor of the outpatient clinic floor functions as the waiting area of the outpatient clinic. Hospitals Tyks U-hospital U-hospital has receptions on five different floors. Print this page