[Histonet] An SOP on Tissues, Slides and/or Wet Tissue?

[Breeden, Sara]

Re-inventing the wheel is so passé - I need to write a pretty descriptive SOP on our policy of not releasing slides, blocks and (sometimes) wet tissue to other parties (keeping in mind we are a veterinary diagnostic and "reference" lab).  The State policy for records (it does not specifically mention that these "records" must be paper) can be widely interpreted to include slides, blocks and (sometimes) wet tissue as being part of the records that must be kept, depending upon the phase of the moon and the interpreter.  I convinced my pathologists some time back that these materials are the property of the State once they are accessioned but I need to morph that into a written policy so I have at least one leg on which to plant myself.  To make a long story short (too late!), is there another vet lab out there that already HAS a written SOP/policy on the release of original material (wet tissue, blocks, slides) that I might be able to use as a format for writing one?  I believe this might qualify as a Friday Moment of Fuming if I think about it long enough.  Other than that, life is good and I have no specific annoyances or pet peeves - at this moment!  May your weekend be four days long and your workload when you return be a light one!  By the way, it's awfully QUIET out there in Histonetland - are we all that busy? Yours in paraffin...

 

Sally Breeden, HT(ASCP)

NM Dept. of Agriculture

Veterinary Diagnostic Services

PO Box 4700

Albuquerque, NM  87106

505-841-2576