[Histonet] Odd question

[Morken, Tim]

There was a good article about this topic in Lab Medicine (ASCP) "Who Owns Diagnostic Tissue Blocks?" February 2009, Vol 40, No 2, pf 69-73 (available in pdf format on line at www.ascp.org). 

It also addresses wet tissue, other things taken out of people. 

The key sentence in that article is: "In practice, there are no specific laws, case law, or prior legal rulings that explicitly address ownership of diagnostic materials."

So, it is left up to individual institutions to develop their own guidelines. Obviously, then, there will be many variations of practice. 

Tim Morken
Supervisor, Histology, IPOX
UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco, CA, USA


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Subject: RE: [Histonet] Odd question

Consult your medical legal department on this issue because this is not new situation.
It is often times based on the person religion but the request should be made know at the time of surgery.
So pathology can be made aware and avoid putting the specimen in formalin. 

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Subject: [Histonet] Odd question

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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