[Histonet] RE: Tracking OR specimens

[Boyd, Debbie M]

Yes.  We have the OR send us there Operating Room Log, daily.  Of course we get it the next day.  It is what is logged into the computer system.  Not just a label on a log sheet (we do that also).  I reconcile the OR Log daily.  We have actually caught specimens that were being tossed in the trash even though they were not on the exempt list.  We have also found specimens that were left in a room or under a gurney during transport.  Unfortunately, one was never recovered, but we could notify the physician immediately, instead of a couple weeks, when the patient is setting in his office.


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Subject: [Histonet] Tracking OR specimens

Are there any histology labs that actively participate in auditing the Operating Room on a daily basis to make sure that histology receives all of the specimens that the OR should have submitted?  If so, how do you do this?  Or should the OR be solely responsible for making sure that they specimens make it to histology?

Michelle M Lamphere, HT (ASCP)
Senior Tech, Histology
Children's Medical Center
1935 Medical District Drive
Dallas, TX  75235
Office :214-456-2798
Histology: 214-456-2318
Fax:  214-456-0779


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