[Histonet] Odd question

[Kim.Donadio <@t> bhcpns.org]

I felt the same way as you about the hazards. I hadn't thought about the 
what they signed before surgery. I will check into that. 

Thanks




Kim Donadio 
Pathology Supervisor
Baptist Hospital
1000 W Moreno St.
Pensacola FL 32501
Phone (850) 469-7718
Fax (850) 434-4996



<sgoebel <@t> xbiotech.com> 
09/08/2010 04:36 PM

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Formalin is a biohazard and I think there are restrictions on transporting 
it anywhere (even home from the hospital).  I know at past jobs, we did 
not allow anything that had touched formalin to leave.  It could 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 facility have 
something the patient signs before surgery saying that anything removed 
during surgery becomes property of the facility?  This usually stops 
things quickly?

Sarah Goebel, B.A., HT (ASCP)
Histotechnician
XBiotech USA Inc.
8201 East Riverside Dr. Bldg 4 Suite 100
Austin, Texas  78744
(512)386-5107


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Histonet] Odd question
From: Kim.Donadio <@t> bhcpns.org
Date: Wed, September 08, 2010 2:31 pm
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.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 
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.
Pensacola FL 32501
Phone (850) 469-7718
Fax (850) 434-4996

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