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FNA 'S

At my facility, while doing an FNA, the Histologist comes to the bedside to collect the specimen and make slides. She has recently decided she needs to be present for the time - out. Is this current common practice in your facility or does the Histologist come for the specimen at the time it is available. Why would this be necessary? She states "since she is collecting the specimen, she needs to be certain it is from the right patient"

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If the pathologist is preforming the biopsy or fna then they should be there for the time out. The one preforming the procedure is the one responsible for it.

Now if a radiologist is preforming the aspiration and the pathologist is just looking at slides, adequate yes no or primary report then they do not need to be there.

Jeremy

I don't think you would ever see a pathologist from my institution come to pick up a specimen. I certainly don't think it's necessary. The specimen and the requisition are both labelled - we make sure of this, and that they match, otherwise the speicimen will be rejected. If a specimen is time-sensitive, then we have to take measures to ensure that the specimen arrives at its destination in a timely fashion. I don't believe our pathologists ever leave their labs. Do you think your pathologist is going overboard, or why do you ask?

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I don't know why the Hisotologist feels this is necessary. She is a traveler and not a regular. I thought maybe this is how it is done elsewhere and we weren't following correct protocol. Thanks for the input.

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