to all!!!  thanks so much for your responses to my question about outdated reagents,  that helped me, cause I think it is such a waste for throw everything out, I am going to show them to my director. amy,  our cytolotist go to the FNA's and they label everything at the bedside. the path only goes when the cytotech has all the slides ready for them to look at.  that is all written in the cyto dept procedure for FNA.  hope this helps, anything else just ask.   thanks again all,  have a good weekend,  anita> Subject: RE: [Histonet] out dated reagents> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 15:38:48 -0400> From: ASelf@georgetownhospitalsystem.org> To: azdudley@hotmail.com> > Anita,> Our inspection is any day now and I have cone across a checklist> question that has stumbled me. Do your pathologist do FNA procedures?> And if so do you have anything that you could share with me regarding> this question from the CAP checklist below: If the pathologist> performs FNA procedures, is there a documented procedure to prevent> errors in the identification of the patient, the site and the procedure?> > > Any info or help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks amy> > > > -----Original Message-----> From: histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> [mailto:histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of anita> dudley> Sent: Monday=2C October 06, 2008 12:19 PM> To: Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Subject: [Histonet] out dated reagents> > hello all, we were inspected the beginning of june by cap and one of> our deficiency was anp.21382. it had to do with outdated reagents. my> director want all of my dry chemicals gone!!!! I have gone through> them and just have what I need for the special stains that we do in> house. does anyone know do they put expiration dates on dry chems. we> have things like light green, biebrich scarlet, periodic acid. I really> hate to get rid of all of this but he thinks I should.> > what are others doing about this? I can see after you have made up> things to not keep it long but dry I know many yrs ago the biological> stain commission thought it would be meaningless and arbitrary to put> expiration dates on stains. it would me more important to maintain a> record of the use of the powdered stain. which is what we do when we do> the stain with our controls.> > anyway just wondering if there were any thoughts out there about this. > > anita dudley> providence hosp> mobile alabama> _________________________________________________________________> See how Windows Mobile brings your life together-at home, work, or on> the go.> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093182mrt/direct/01/____________> ___________________________________> Histonet mailing list> Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet> NOTE:> The information contained in this message may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer.> Thank you.> 
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