"delay in contacting" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to a situation where someone has not responded to a message or contacted someone in a timely manner. For example, "I apologize for the delay in contacting you, I have been extremely busy."
Clementi's delay in contacting Ravi may have been connected to the emotional complications of his last few days at home, when he tearfully came out to his family.
The six-year delay in contacting you was because you moved house and didn't notify SLC since you thought the loan was paid off.
Special attention should be paid to the potential use of folk medicines that could be harmful or cause further delay in contacting healthcare services.
If you believe your attorney is guilty of malpractice, don't delay in contacting an attorney and filing your suit.[13].[13]
Your tooth will be weak, possibly sensitive, and at a greater risk of decay until the crown is fully prepared so do not delay in contacting your dentist for a solution.[7][8].
Don't delay in contacting a professional - the longer you wait to deal with a carpenter ant infestation, the larger the colony can grow and the more extensive the damage to your wood structure may be.
A number of variables influencing crowding, experienced everyday in the ED, were not taken into account: waiting times for laboratory results, radiology reports and delay in contact with the consulting specialist.
These delays account for (i) the delay in contact process between the uninfected cells virus, (ii) a latent period between the time target cells which are contacted by the virus particles and the time the virions enter the cells, and (iii) a virus production period for new virions to be produced within and released from the infected cells.
In this study, we assess the time delay in contact tracing of flight passengers for influenza A/H1N1 2009 as performed in the Netherlands during the initial phase of the pandemic.
While Asian and Black patients are more likely to seek help from faith-based organisations, this does not appear to lead to a delay in contact with mental health services.
No patients had delayed seeking medical attention because of difficulties in contacting relatives or caregivers.
