RE: [Histonet] release of tissues back to patient

2011-11-09 Thread Hutton, Allison
@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] release of tissues back to patient In the state of Connecticut, the only agency licensed to handle human tissue or remains (other than hospitals) is a funeral home. Therefore, our policy is to only release tissue or remains to a funeral home

Re: [Histonet] release of tissues back to patient

2011-11-08 Thread Richard Cartun
In the state of Connecticut, the only agency licensed to handle human tissue or remains (other than hospitals) is a funeral home. Therefore, our policy is to only release tissue or remains to a funeral home after the patient or family has made the appropriate arrangements with them. Richard R

Re: [Histonet] release of tissues back to patient

2011-11-08 Thread joelle weaver
. Laws will vary by state or even may not exist in some Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Kim Donadio Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 18:57:22 To: ; Subject: Re: [Histonet] release of tissues back to patient At most places where I have either served as supervisor

Re: [Histonet] release of tissues back to patient

2011-11-08 Thread Kim Donadio
also must be sensative to allowing any hazardous material being released into the public.   Hope this helps   Kim Donadio     From: "Hutton, Allison" To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 12:57 PM Subject: [Histonet]

RE: [Histonet] release of tissues back to patient

2011-11-08 Thread joelle weaver
re that you are follow the legal obligations in your form(s). Joelle Weaver MAOM, BA, (HTL) ASCP http://www.linkedin.com/in/joelleweaver > Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 12:57:14 -0500 > From: ahut...@dh.org > To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: [Histonet] release of tissues

[Histonet] release of tissues back to patient

2011-11-08 Thread Hutton, Allison
We had a question come up regarding giving patient's back their placentas (patient's request) after delivery. Our general rule is not to return tissues, except for religious reasons. We are now trying to come up with a concrete SOP for (or not) returning tissues. I was curious what other inst