So,,,,,do you decontaminate the copier each time you use it???

>From: Amos Brooks <atbrooks@snet.net>
>To: Sharon M Tipton <Histochick@fmtc.com>
>CC: Einfalt Ginny <GEINFALT@virtua.org>, 'histonetpathologyswmededu' 
><histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
>Subject: Re: Clean Areas
>Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 20:51:27 -0400
>
>Hi,
>     Doesn't recieving the requisitions in a biohazard bag make the 
>originals
>potentially contaminated? The originals should be sent to the grossing room 
>and
>the copies to the transcription for that area to be considered clean.
>Amos Brooks
>
>Sharon M Tipton wrote:
>
> > Hi Ginny,
> > We give a Xerox copy of the specimen requisition to the grossing
> > pathologist, making sure that all of  the pertinent information is clear 
>and
> > readable. This has helped us to keep the originals "clean" as possible 
>to
> > send to transcription, plus we don't have to worry about how messy the 
>doc
> > is! We just toss these copies away after grossing is done. (And some of 
>them
> > end up really GROSS!!!) We are a small hospital lab, so this is do-able 
>for
> > us. The down side is that we kill too many trees in the process ( 
>painful
> > for me -I was a horticulturist in a previous career ).-Shar
> >
> > Sharon M. Tipton, HT(ASCP)
> > Holy Rosary Medical Center
> > Ontario, Oregon
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Einfalt Ginny <GEINFALT@virtua.org>
> > To: 'histonetpathologyswmededu' <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 4:04 PM
> > Subject: Clean Areas
> >
> > > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>

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