Patient is listed in our system as Presbyterian. I'm guessing that patients know that if they cite religion as the basis for their request they are less likely to be denied.
I like the mineral oil and glycerin suggestions as they are probably the least problematic from a safety perspective. Vinnie Della Speranza Manager for Anatomic Pathology Services Medical University of South Carolina 165 Ashley Avenue Suite 309 Charleston, South Carolina 29425 Tel: (843) 792-6353 Fax: (843) 792-8974 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Richmond Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 4:26 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Re: As Thanksgiving Approaches I'd think that vésicule biliaire vinaigrette would be inclined to get the moldies. Of several not very satisfactory solutions, Tony Henwood's suggestion of mineral oil (paraffin oil) might be the safest, though messy if it gets spilled. What religion requires decades-long preservation of gallbladders? Highly observant Jews sometimes request return of tissues, but their requirement is that the tissue be buried in a Jewish cemetery - as soon as possible, not waiting for the rest of the patient to arrive. Do Muslims have any issues here? - I'm not aware of any Christian tradition that has any rules about this problem. In my personal experience, the most common problem of this sort has been the patient who wants an amputated leg buried with him. Whenever I've dealt with this problem, a funeral director has bailed me out. As far as I know, there was no religious issue with the legs, just personal (or cultural) preference. The most bizarre situation of this sort happened to me about ten years ago. A rural midwife had asked an OB-GYN to remove a retained placenta after a difficult delivery. The OB-GYN put the placenta in formalin and sent it to a pathology service some distance away. The midwife called the lab, and was furious to learn that the placenta had been put in formalin. It seems that (I hope you're not reading your e-mail with lunch) the midwife had her patients eat their babies' placentas. I think the JCAHO or somebody banned returning gallstones to patients, a practice that used to be quite a nuisance for pathologists. Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Knoxville TN _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet