[Histonet] Odd question

[Victor Tobias]

  After my surgery for a rare tumor, someone on Histonet was looking for 
that particular tumor for a control. They would not give me the wet 
tissue, even though I work here and had the surgery done here. They did 
process the remainder of the tissue into paraffin blocks which I then 
mailed off after signing a bunch of release forms. Just my personal 
experience.

Victor

Victor Tobias
Clinical Applications Analyst
University of Washington Medical Center
Dept of Pathology Room BB220
1959 NE Pacific
Seattle, WA 98195
victor <@t> pathology.washington.edu
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On 9/8/2010 2:36 PM, sgoebel <@t> xbiotech.com wrote:
>     Formalin  is  a  biohazard  and I think there are restrictions on tra   nsporting  it  anywhere (even home from the hospital).  I know at past
>     j=obs, we did not allow anything that had touched formalin to leave.
>     It=ould be potential for lawsuits if somehow it got injested, not to
>     mention=if  they saw something they didn't think was right?  Doesn't
>     your faci=ity have something the patient signs before surgery saying
>     that  anything  r=emoved  during  surgery  becomes  property  of the
>     facility?  This usually =tops things quickly?
>
>     Sarah Goebel, B.A., HT (ASCP)
>
>     <=m>
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>     Histotechn=cian
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>     -------- Original Message --------
>     Subject: [Histonet] Odd question
>     From:  [1]Kim.Donadio <@t> bhcpns.org<=br>   Date: Wed, September 08, 2010
>     2:31 pm
>     To: [2]histonet <@t> lists.uts=uthwestern.edu
>     Hi Histonetters,
>     Can  anyone  give  me any idea of any laws that guide giving a patient
>     there  organ  after  we  have  taken  from  it  what we need to do the
>     Histology?
>     I  know we have to keep it for a minimum of two weeks after sign out (
>     our<=r>  policy is 6 weeks after sign out ). But then we dispose of
>     it as medical waste.
>     Are  any  of  you  aware  of  any guidelines on giving a patient there
>     entire
>     organ which would be submerged in formalin?
>     Help and thanks in advance :-)
>     Kim Donadio
>     Pathology Supervisor
>     Baptist Hospital
>     1000 W Moreno St.
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