RE: PARAFFIN BLOCKS
What does "we followed the
same regs as the other hospitals in the city" mean? What regs --
specifically? How do you know? And do you mean retaining paraffin
blocks of tissue from children until the children reached the age of
majority? And if so, so what if current guidelines are silent on the
issue? If authoritative regulations and professional guidelines don't
require certain practices, why do them? Adds cost, not
value.
Gary
Gill
In the late 1970's I worked at a children's hospital and
we followed the same regs as the other hospitals in the city.
N
Noreen Gilman, BS,HT(ASCP)QIHC
Histopathology
Supervisor
Broward General Medical Center
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
33316
954.355.4358 Phone
954.355.4139 Fax
954.387.0213
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>>> Gary Gill <garygill@dcla.com> 02/20/03
03:51PM >>>
Cathy:
The checklist says nothing about
retaining paraffin blocks "xcept when you
are dealing with children, their
tissue is to be saved until they have
reached majority I
believe."
Gary Gill
-----Original Message-----
From: Locallo,
Catherine [mailto:CLocallo@childrensmemorial.org]Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 7:52 AM
To: 'Gary Gill';
'Horn, Hazel V'; 'Behnaz Sohrab';
histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject:
RE: PARAFFIN BLOCKS
Gary.
You can find the CAP checklist on
their web site. The address is
www.CAP.org. Look under laboratory inspection and checklist Section
8
Anatomic Pathology.
Cathy Locallo
Director Anatomic
Pathology
Children's Memorial Hospital
> -----Original
Message-----
> From: Gary Gill
[SMTP:garygill@dcla.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February
19, 2003 4:24 PM
> To: 'Horn, Hazel V'; Gary Gill;
'Behnaz Sohrab';
> histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
>
Subject: RE: PARAFFIN BLOCKS
>
> Hazel:
>
> Can you provide a link to a website that has such
documentation?
>
> Gary Gill
>
> -----Original
Message-----
> From: Horn, Hazel V [mailto:HornHV@archildrens.org]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 4:59 PM
> To: 'Gary Gill'; 'Behnaz
Sohrab'; histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject: RE: PARAFFIN
BLOCKS
>
>
> 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:
> > <ftp://ftp.cap.org/lapdocs/retention_1101.pdf>
> >
> > 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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