RE: PARAFFIN BLOCKS

From:"Luck, Greg D."
Behnaz,
 
Your pathologists are correct.  The change was effective beginning in 2001.  There are other changes as well and I would recommend you call them or go to their website and they will fax or e-mail their current minimum retention requirements to you.  Good Luck,  Greg
 

Greg Luck
Anatomic Pathology Supervisor
Deaconess Medical Center
Spokane, WA 99204
509.473.7394
luckg@empirehealth.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Behnaz Sohrab [mailto:SohrabB@wmmcpo.ah.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 12:25 PM
To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: PARAFFIN BLOCKS

We are having cap inspection in June. My pathologists are telling me that CAP is requiring to keep the paraffin blocks for 10 years ?  Our policy at present time is : Paraffin blocks 5 years
                              Slides 10 years
 I would love to hear from you all !  Thanks
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