[Histonet] Specimen Collection

[Elaine]

You DO have to tell physicians exactly how to collect specimens. They 
know how to do their job but they have no idea how we do ours, even if 
they did a rotation thru pathology. Sometimes, you may have to tell them 
each time they want to send a specimen if they don't do it routinely. We 
still have staff that call each time they need to send a muscle bx even 
though they've been told numerous times and have received written 
instructions.
Don't think of it as telling them how to do their job, but rather 
consider it good patient care for wanting to make sure it's done right 
the first time.

Elaine