[Histonet] Block retention?

[Rob Day]

Your legal office will probably advise you NOT to retain specimens any longer than is absolutely necessary. You could always choose to de-identify older samples and donate them to a commercial biobank, that way you can be sure that the maximum possible research value will be extracted from them.  Contact me if you want suggestions of who to donate to.

Rob Day.


On Jan 10, 2013, at 1:33 PM, "Weems, Joyce K." <Joyce.Weems <@t> emoryhealthcare.org> wrote:

> I wish CAP would revisit this. With all the molecular testing coming we will lose tissue that may be valuabe to a patient's treatment. I'm hanging on for dear life to what we have.
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> We kept them for the most stringent of governing body requirements.  We compared CAP, Joint Commission, CLIA and in our case the State of Florida.
> I have found that CAPs requirements were the most stringent.  They cite 10 years on blocks, slides and reports.
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> I searched for retention policies and found what seems to be an 8 year difference in keeping blocks. How long do you retain your blocks?
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> CDC website CLIA
> Sec. 493.1105  Standard: Retention requirements
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>    (7) Slide, block, and tissue retention--
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>    (ii) Blocks. Retain pathology specimen blocks for at least 2 years from the date of examination.
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> Surgical Pathology (including bone marrows)
> Wet tissue
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> Paraffin blocks
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