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.
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 Pager
>>> 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