[Histonet] release of body parts

[Terri Braud]

Our policy, and the policy at 2 other institutions that I've worked at, is a mirror of what Richard Cartun stated.  We don't release soft tissues to anything but a funeral home. 

Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP)
HNL Laboratories for 
Holy Redeemer Hospital
1648 Huntingdon Pike
Meadowbrook, PA 19046
Ph: 215-938-3689
Fax: 215-938-3874
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Today's Topics:

   1. release of body parts (Nancy Schmitt)
   2. Re: release of body parts (Cartun, Richard)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:33:20 +0000
From: Nancy Schmitt <Nancy.Schmitt at mercyhealth.com>
To: "histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu"
	<histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Subject: [Histonet] release of body parts
Hello-
We are seeing a bit more of patients that are requesting to take their body parts with them (uterus, POC, etc); I am talking home  - not the funeral home.
Are you using a release of body parts form to fill out with the patient?
Are you draining off the formalin, or sending in formalin with parafilm around the lid?
Thank you for your thoughts,
Nancy Schmitt MLT, HT(ASCP)
Pathology Support Services
Dubuque, IA  52001