We monitor room temp and record it as per CAP, and CLIA. Are you sure the request wasn’t for monitoring room temp because of paraffin blocks, not slides? The concern is for paraffin blocks melting, due to excessive heat.
Akemi Allison BS, HT/HTL (ASCP) Pathology Manager Monterey Bay GI Consultants Laboratory 23 Upper Ragsdale Drive, Suite 200 Monterey, CA 93940 Email: aalli...@montereygi.com <mailto:aalli...@montereygi.com> Tele: (831) 375-3577 X117 > On Aug 28, 2015, at 4:58 AM, Heckford, Karen - SMMC-SF via Histonet > <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote: > > Okay I just got a weird request for monitoring the room temperature where I > have my slides for that I use for Histology. We are talking blank slides. I > have never heard of this before. Who else does this??? Apparently JCAHO > wants this. > > Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE > Lead Histology Technician > St. Mary's Medical Center > 450 Stanyan St. > San Francisco, Ca. 94117 > 415-668-1000 ext. 6167 > karen.heckf...@dignityhealth.org > > Caution: This email message, including all content and attachments, is > CONFIDENTIAL and may be of a nature that is LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. The > information contained in this email message is intended only for the use of > the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the > intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended > recipient, you have received this document in error. Any further review, > dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify > us immediately by reply email. Thank you." > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
