Hi,
    This sounds like a bit of a waste of our rain forests to me but have you
ever considered photocopying the requisitions? The copies would doubtless be
safe to handle.
    In our lab so we can have quick access to the requisitions without fumbling
with paperwork, we scan all our requisitions. The doctors can pull them up on
their screens when they are reviewing their cases and accessing the requisitions
is much easier.
Amos Brooks

"Einfalt, Ginny" wrote:

> Dear Histonetters,
> We have an ongoing issue with the pathology office about whether or not the
> office where the girls transcribe should be considered a clean area.  Since
> all of the computer requisitions are single pages, they are circulated from
> the pocket of the biohazard bag the specimen arrives in, to the accessioning
> table, to the grossing area, handled by the PA and passed on to the
> transcriptionists who believe that they work in a "clean area".  What are
> the protocols in other pathology offices?
>
> Ginny Einfalt
> Virtua West Jersey Hospital
> geinfalt@virtua.org