No, it's still the same. 20 minutes is the CAP TAT. Hazel Horn Hazel Horn, HT/HTL (ASCP) Supervisor of Histology Arkansas Children's Hospital 1 Children's Way Slot 820 Little Rock, AR 72202 phone 501.364.4240 fax 501.364.3155 visit us on the web at: www.archildrens.org -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Richmond Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:29 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Re: tracking turnaround time of intraoperativeconsultations
Vinnie Della Speranza, Manager for Anatomic Pathology Services Medical University of South Carolina Charleston SC asks about tracking turnaround time of frozen sections (note that not every intraoperative consultation requires a frozen section). The few services I've worked on that attempted to track turnaround time timed them from time of receipt in the laboratory (using a time stamp for that) to telephoning the report (the pathologist had to write down the time on the hand-scribbled report). The prescribed maximum turnaround was 20 minutes, which is pretty easy to meet. Cases with multiple frozen sections were not timed. Has there been some change in the CAP requirements for recording turnaround time of frozen sections in the last three years? Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Knoxville TN _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet