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What must be done to dispose of tissue samples?
True or false: The tissue must be collected in room 441-13 and identified by its accession number?
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What is the purpose of saving tissue after specimens have been grossed?
The purpose of saving tissue after specimens have been grossed is to have it available for disposal later.
After the specimens have been grossed, the residual tissue must be kept for at least ______ weeks
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How long can a tissue sample be kept after being signed out?
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The specimen collection must include tissue that has been signed out for at least ______ weeks
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True or false: The procedure for disposing of tissue samples is to place them in a biohazard box?
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What is the procedure for disposing of tissue samples?
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The tissue must be kept until it is at least ______ weeks past sign out
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True or false: All the cases on the tissue discard log must be held until they are two weeks past sign out?
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How long can a tissue sample be kept after it has been signed out?
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Where must the tissue be collected?
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What is the purpose of the SAVE shelf?
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True or false: The tissue must be kept until it is at least two weeks past sign out?
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All the cases on the tissue discard log must be held until they are at least ______ weeks past sign out
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Where can a pathologist request a tissue sample to be held until a specific date?
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The tissue samples can be kept for up to ______ weeks after they have been signed out
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What must be done with the tissue samples if there is no pathologist available to save them?
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True or false: If there is no pathologist available to save the sample, it must be discarded?
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How long must the residual tissue be saved for?
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Study Notes
- After the specimens have been grossed, the residual tissue is saved for at least two weeks
- The purpose of this standard operating procedure is for the disposal of saved tissue
- The specimen collection must include tissue that has been signed out for at least two weeks
- The tissue must be collected in room 441-13 and must be identified by its accession number
- The tissue must be kept until it is at least two weeks past sign out
- All the cases on the tissue discard log must be held until they at least are two weeks past sign out
- The procedure for disposing of tissue samples is to first place them on the discard cart, then take them into gross room 441-13 and assemble a biohazard box.
- The tissue samples can be kept for up to 2 weeks after they have been signed out, based on the amount of storage space available.
- There is a SAVE shelf in room 441-13 where a pathologist can request a tissue sample to be held until a specific date.
- If there is no pathologist available to save the sample, it must be discarded.
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