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<DIV><FONT size We are using Cerner as our IS system and it prints the number
as well as the patient name as well as special stains and IHC abs.. I do not see
a confidentially issue here as the report alsov carries the name and the
slides are part of the report.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size Mike Rice</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size Broward General Medical Center</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size Ft Lauderdale</FONT><BR><BR>>>> Lee & Peggy Wenk
<lpwenk@mail.netquest.com> 02/23/01 05:39AM >>><BR>Hearing of a
trend of printing the patient's names along with their surgical<BR>number on the
slide label , and want to know Hectometer's opinion.<BR><BR>I've been in the
field 20+ years. In all that time, I've been told we deal<BR>with ONLYsurgical
numbers, not names, once the tissue has been assigned a<BR>number,
because:<BR>1. Less likely to confuse numbers than names, especially if two
specimens<BR>come down with the same or similar numbers.<BR>2.
Confidentiality.<BR><BR>Now, I'm hearing (and seeing) patients' names being
printed on the slide<BR>label, along with the surgical number, institution name,
and stain name.<BR><BR>I've been told this is part of QC in many places, to make
certain that the<BR>name and the surgical number correlate when the pathologists
are dictating<BR>their findings, or when slides are being sent out for
consultation or at the<BR>request of the patient.<BR><BR>Anyone out there
printing the names on the slides?<BR><BR>Has there been any comments about
confidentiality?<BR><BR>Thanks in advance for your input.<BR><BR>Peggy A. Wenk,
HTL(ASCP)<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>