RE: PARAFFIN BLOCKS

From:"Horn, Hazel V"

Except when you are dealing with children, their tissue is to be saved until
they have reached majority I believe.   
Hazel   

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Gary Gill [SMTP:garygill@dcla.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, February 19, 2003 3:08 PM
> To:	'Behnaz Sohrab'; histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject:	RE: PARAFFIN BLOCKS
> 
> General Laboratory
> Accession log records 2 years
> Maintenance/instrument maintenance 2 years
> Quality control records 2 years
>  
> Cytology
> Slides (negative-unsatisfactory) 5 years
> Slides (suspicious-positive) 5 years
> Fine needle aspiration slides 10 years
> Reports 10 years
>  
> Surgical Pathology (including bone marrows)
> Wet tissue 2 weeks after final report
> Paraffin blocks 10 years
> Slides 10 years
> Reports 10 years
>  
> See CAP's Retention of Laboratory Records and Materials:
> 
>  
> Gary Gill
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Behnaz Sohrab [mailto:SohrabB@wmmcpo.ah.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 3:25 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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