I agree. I had this situation come up as the patient wanted the placenta to eat. I got out of that by explaining that federal law requires us to keep wet specimens for 2 weeks after sign out and that it would have to go in formalin as well. Also once had a patient request her uterus and another their arm I referred both those patients to go through a mortuary service and we sent those over to the service. I don't know what happened between the mortuary and parts after that. Hope this helps.
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 7, 2012, at 12:26 PM, "Brendal Finlay" <brendal.fin...@medicalcenterclinic.com> wrote: > > We normally do not allow patients to have their specimens back after > they are signed out, but recently we did have a patient request a > specimen to be returned due to his religious preferences. We have > held onto the specimen and it's being looked at by our legal and risk > management departments. The biggest issue with this is the > chemical (formalin) and biohazard exposure involved. Eventually, > the patient received his specimen, but there was a lot of red tape and > it's the only instance in which I have seen a patient get a specimen > back after we were done with it. > > > Brendal Finlay, HT ASCP > > > -----Original message----- > From: Cathy Crumpton cathy.crump...@tuality.org > Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 08:10:22 -0500 > To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" > histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: [Histonet] Patient requests for tissues > >> I am wondering how other hospital connected histology labs handle > requests from patientsto get their tissue back. I am especially > interested in the placentas. Our pathologists and managers are > struggling to come up with a policy that is sensitive to various > religions and cultures but keeps everyone safe. Do you allow patients > to get back their specimens after the case is signed out or not??? >> >> >> >> Cathy Crumpton HT(ASCP), Lead Histotechnician >> >> Tuality Community Hospital >> >> 503-681-1292 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet