We use the hospital LIS. All specimens/cases are entered and ordered by Surgery and they are then received by Surgical Pathology. You are able to effectively track w/ pending lists and a full manifest/reconciliation process.
William DeSalvo, BS HTL(ASCP) > From: vickroy....@mhsil.com > To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 10:03:45 -0600 > Subject: [Histonet] Specimens from surigical units > > > We are a large pathology department and process over 35,000 surgical > accessions each year. I am interested in learning how other pathology > departments keep track of the specimens that are removed in surgery to make > sure they are received in pathology. Obviously all specimens received by > pathology are entered into the pathology accessioning system however the > question has come up to how do we know that every specimen taken in surgery > for pathology is actually received in pathology. A couple of our surgical > units utilize volunteer couriers since the surgical units are not near > pathology. A couple of other units like special procedures and cardiac > surgery have a simple notebook that is a signoff when the specimens are taken > to pathology, however from there is no tracking system from the main OR or > outpatient surgery. In otherwords a specimen could be removed in the OR that > was supposed to be sent to pathology does not arrive in pathology. Obviously > this doesn't happen often but we are trying to close the potential for an > occurrence. Specimens removed in surgery are logged into the surgical OR > report however there is no current way for us to track that everything > removed that day that was supposed to go to pathology actually made it to > pathology. Any ideas? > > Jim Vickroy > > James Vickroy BS, HT(ASCP) > > Surgical and Autopsy Pathology Technical Supervisor > Memorial Medical Center > 217-788-4046 > > > ________________________________ > This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information > intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If > you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message. Any > disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any > action based on it, is strictly prohibited. > _______________________________________________ > 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
