FW: [Histonet] Reagent dating

[Christine Tambasco]

Last time I had an inspection from JACHO they suggested we not only date the received date, but also the open date....makes since if you a rotating inventory.
 
Christine Tambasco, HT(ASCP)St. Mary's Hospital
Amsterdam, NY> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:22:54 -0700> From: rjbuesa <@t> yahoo.com> To: Dorothy.L.Webb <@t> HealthPartners.Com; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Subject: Re: [Histonet] Reagent dating> CC: > > That is an internal control that I like, if only to develop in my staff the discipline to pay attention to detail.> René J.> > "Webb, Dorothy L" <Dorothy.L.Webb <@t> HealthPartners.Com> wrote:> I am interested to know if everyone is still marking the "Date received"> and/or "Date opened" on each reagent and if this is necessary according> to regulations? I had heard at a workshop that if the expiration date> is on the container, this was not a necessity!! I am rewriting some> procedures and was hoping I could change this!! Thanks ahead of time> for any helpful explanations!!> > Dorothy Webb, HT (ASCP)> Histology Technical Supervisor > Regions Hospital, Pathology Department > 640 Jackson Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101-2595 > Phone: 651-254-2962> Fax: 651-254-2741 > Regions Hospital is part of the HealthPartners family of care> ________________________________________> This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the individual responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited.> > If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the HealthPartners Support Center by telephone at (952) 967-6600. You will be reimbursed for reasonable costs incurred in notifying us.> _______________________________________________> Histonet mailing list> Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu> http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet> > > > ---------------------------------> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.> _______________________________________________> Histonet mailing list> Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu> http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
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