I wanted my femoral heads after a dual hip replacement.
I was refused as it was against local policy but the surgeon
was kind enough to take some pictures for me and sawed through one sagitally
so that i could see the pathology.
E. Wayne Johnson DVM
Enable AgTech
Beijing
Cartun, Richard via
It's all fun and games until someone finds a uterus in a landfill.
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We release specimens to patients here, especially because of our unique
cultural demographic. If the specimen is in formalin, we will drain, rinse, and
place contents in a new clean container with labels. The patient also signs a
release form acknowledging that the specimen was preserved in
Our policy, and the policy at 2 other institutions that I've worked at, is a
mirror of what Richard Cartun stated. We don't release soft tissues to
anything but a funeral home.
Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP)
HNL Laboratories for
Holy Redeemer Hospital
1648 Huntingdon Pike
Meadowbrook, PA 19046
Ph:
We no longer release any tissue to a patient that comes to our Pathology
Laboratory in formalin, and our Legal Department supports this decision. I
know that our "Labor & Delivery" Unit has released placentas to patients;
however, if the specimen doesn't come to Pathology, we don't get
Hello-
We are seeing a bit more of patients that are requesting to take their body
parts with them (uterus, POC, etc); I am talking home - not the funeral home.
Are you using a release of body parts form to fill out with the patient?
Are you draining off the formalin, or sending in formalin with
