[Histonet] Reusing specimen containers

[Daniel Schneider]

I have no idea what CAP or JCAHO says about this but it's a very bad idea.
Cross contamination happens.  If you reuse containers -- and I don't care
what precautions you take -- you will rarely or occasionally fail to
adequately clean a container and you will end up mixing patient tissues.

The cost of a specimen container is a minute fraction of the cost of
processing a specimen.  Ask yourself how much money you're really saving.
You're scrapping for pennies.  Or is this some sort of "green" initiative?
 In any case, it's asking for problems

Daniel Schneider





On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Kelly Colpitts <kelly_colpitts <@t> hotmail.com
> wrote:

>
> Hi Histoland!
>
>
>
> I'm just wondering what folks out there are doing about specimen
> containers.  Is anyone cleaning them out and reusing them?  Is there any CAP
> or Joint Commission regulations that say that all specimen containers can
> only be used once or can you reuse them as long as they have been thoroughly
> cleaned?
>
>
>
> Thanks for you all your input,
>
> Kelly
>
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