ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY
PROCEDURE MANUAL.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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G. William Moore, MD, PhD.
Dong H. Lee, MD.
Grace F. Kao, MD.
Harris G. Yfantis, MD.
Gladys L. G. Alonsozana, MD.
Lawrence A. Brown, MD.
Andrew J. Saladino, MD.
Debra L. Sydnor, CT (ASCP) IAC.
Andrew A. Borkowski, MD.
Jules J. Berman, PhD, MD.
Robert J. Johnson, MD, PhD.†
Oscar A. Iseri, MD.
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PROCEDURE i: INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNET READER.
I. SURGICAL PATHOLOGY SERVICE.
PROCEDURE 1: MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY LABORATORY.
PROCEDURE 2: CRITERIA FOR RECEIPT OF SURGICAL SPECIMENS.
PROCEDURE 3: PROCEDURE FOR RECEIPT OF SURGICAL SPECIMENS.
PROCEDURE 4: SPECIMEN ACCESSIONING.
PROCEDURE 5: INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING TISSUE TO ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY.
PROCEDURE 6: RULES OF ACCESSIONING.
PROCEDURE 7: ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY VistA® COMPUTER SYSTEM.
PROCEDURE 8: LOGBOOK INSTRUCTIONS.
PROCEDURE 9: EXAMINATION AND DESCRIPTION OF SPECIMENS.
PROCEDURE 10: FIXATIVES.
PROCEDURE 11: PROCESSING.
PROCEDURE 12: OPERATING THE TISSUE-TEK VIP®5 VACUUM INFILTRATION PROCESSOR.
PROCEDURE 13: DAILY TIME SCHEDULE: TISSUE-TEK VIP®5 VACUUM INFILTRATION PROCESSOR.
PROCEDURE 14: INSTRUCTIONS FOR STARTING TISSUE-TEK VIP®5 VACUUM INFILTRATION PROCESSOR.
PROCEDURE 15: OLD CONDENSED HISTOMATIC INSTRUCTIONS. REMOVED 01/2003.
PROCEDURE 16: EMBEDDING.
PROCEDURE 17: OLD EMBEDDING ILLUSTRATION SHEET. REMOVED 11/1998.
PROCEDURE 18: CUTTING OR SECTIONING TISSUE.
PROCEDURE 19: BONE MARROW BIOPSY PROCEDURE.
PROCEDURE 20: DECALCIFICATION.
PROCEDURE 21: METHOD FOR REMOVING MERCURIC CHLORIDE CRYSTALS FROM TISSUE.
PROCEDURE 22: METHOD FOR RECOVERING MERCURY FROM FIXING FLUIDS.
PROCEDURE 23: PNEUMOCYSTIS AND FUNGUS PROTOCOL FOR MICROWAVE.
PROCEDURE 24: POLICY FOR SUBMISSION OF FROZEN SECTIONS.
PROCEDURE 25: FROZEN SECTION PROCEDURES (INTRAOPERATIVE CONSULTATIONS).
PROCEDURE 26: FROZEN SECTION STAINING PROCEDURE.
PROCEDURE 27: FROZEN SECTION PROCESSING AREA.
PROCEDURE 28: MICROTOME LUBRICATION.
PROCEDURE 29: FRESH LYMPH NODE, FRESH MUSCLE/NERVE BIOPSY.
PROCEDURE 30: BONE MARROW ASPIRATION PROCEDURE.
PROCEDURE 31: PROCEDURE FOR SERS CASES.
PROCEDURE 32: SUGGESTED SCHEDULE FOR EXAMINATION OF SERS CASES AT THE ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY.
PROCEDURE 33: QUALITY CONTROL IN THE HISTOLOGY LABORATORY.
PROCEDURE 34: STAINING QUALITY IN HISTOLOGY.
PROCEDURE 35: QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND EDUCATION IN ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY.
PROCEDURE 36: INFECTION CONTROL POLICY.
PROCEDURE 37: SAFETY PROCEDURES FOR CONTAMINATED SPECIMENS.
PROCEDURE 38: POLICY FOR RETENTION OF MATERIALS.
PROCEDURE 39: HISTOLOGY LABORATORY ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.
PROCEDURE 40: MAINTENANCE OF CRYOSTAT.
PROCEDURE 41: DAILY CHECKLIST FOR FROZEN SECTION AREA.
PROCEDURE 42: OLD WEEKLY CHECKLIST FOR FROZEN SECTION SERVICE. REMOVED 04/1999.
PROCEDURE 43: STORAGE OF LABORATORY REAGENTS.
PROCEDURE 44: EQUIPMENT MONITOR FORMS.
PROCEDURE 45: OLD DAILY MAINTENANCE CARE IN-USE PROCESSOR (HISTOMATIC). REMOVED 01/2003.
PROCEDURE 46: INSTRUCTIONS FOR POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY.
PROCEDURE 47: OLD CASE HELD AND TISSUE STAINING REQUEST. REMOVED 04/1999.
PROCEDURE 48: TISSUE FIXATION.
PROCEDURE 49: ROUTINE HEMATOXYLIN AND EOSIN.
PROCEDURE 50: VAN GIESON'S METHOD FOR COLLAGEN FIBERS.
PROCEDURE 51: VERHOEFF'S ELASTIC STAIN.
PROCEDURE 52: METHODS FOR CARBOHYDRATES AND MUCOPROTEIN, INCLUDING PAS.
PROCEDURE 53: OLD WILDER'S METHOD FOR RETICULUM. REMOVED 04/1999.
PROCEDURE 54: RETICULUM (HORTEGA'S, MODIFIED).
PROCEDURE 55: MODIFICATION OF MASSON'S TRICHROME STAIN.
PROCEDURE 56: IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STAINING.
PROCEDURE 57: OLD TECHNICAL INFORMATION/DESCRIPTION OF REAGENTS. REMOVED 04/1999.
PROCEDURE 58: PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE pH 7.6.
PROCEDURE 59: DAB SUBSTRATE PREPARATION.
PROCEDURE 60: AEC SUBSTRATE PREPARATION.
PROCEDURE 61: COATING SLIDES WITH POLYLYSINE.
PROCEDURE 62: COATING SLIDES/SECTIONS AFTER CUT.
PROCEDURE 63: TRYPSIN DIGESTION.
PROCEDURE 64: PEPSIN DIGESTION PROCEDURE.
PROCEDURE 65: PHOSPHATE BUFFER PREPARATION.
PROCEDURE 66: STAINS FOR CYTOPLASMlC GRANULES.
PROCEDURE 67: MAY-GRUNWALD GIEMSA METHOD.
PROCEDURE 68: OIL RED O IN PROPYLENE GYCOL METHOD FOR FATS.
PROCEDURE 69: BENHOLD'S METHOD FOR AMYLOID (CONGO RED).
PROCEDURE 70: OLD LIEB'S METHOD FOR AMYLOlD (CRYSTAL VIOLET). REMOVED 04/1999.
PROCEDURE 71: MODIFICATION OF MOWRY'S 1958 COLLOIDAL IRON STAIN FOR ACID MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES.
PROCEDURE 72: MAYER'S MUCICARMINE STAIN.
PROCEDURE 73: POTASSIUM FERROCYANIDE-HYDROCHLORIC ACID SOLUTION.
PROCEDURE 74: HYALURONIDASE DIGESTION METHOD.
PROCEDURE 75: DIASTASE DIGESTION METHOD.
PROCEDURE 76: GOMORI'S METHOD FOR IRON.
PROCEDURE 77: METHENAMINE SILVER FOR FUNGI AND PCP.
PROCEDURE 78: BIELSCHOWSKY'S METHOD FOR AXIS CYLINDERS AND DENDRITES.
PROCEDURE 79: FITE'S METHOD FOR ACID FAST ORGANISMS.
PROCEDURE 80: ZIEHL-NEELSEN CARBOL FUCHSIN SOLUTION.
PROCEDURE 81: BROWN AND BRENN METHOD FOR GRAM POSITIVE GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA.
PROCEDURE 82: GROCOTT'S METHOD FOR FUNGI (GMS).
PROCEDURE 83: WARTHIN-STARRY TECHNIQUE.
PROCEDURE 84: IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING.
PROCEDURE 85: pH MONITOR.
PROCEDURE 86: FROZEN SECTION STAINING SOLUTIONS MONITOR.
PROCEDURE 87: QUALITY CONTROL FOR HISTOLOGY STAINING PROCEDURES.
II. CYTOLOGY SERVICE.
PROCEDURE 88: OLD CYTOLOGY PROCEDURE MANUAL (TITLE PAGE). REMOVED 10/1999.
PROCEDURE 89: CYTOLOGY GENERAL INFORMATION.
PROCEDURE 90: CRITERIA FOR ACCEPTANCE OF CYTOLOGY SPECIMENS.
PROCEDURE 91: CYTOPREPARATORY CELL COLLECTION DISPLAY MODALITIES.
PROCEDURE 92: CENTRIFUGATION.
PROCEDURE 93: FILTERING OF STAINING SOLUTIONS.
PROCEDURE 94: OLD ACETO-ORCEIN WITH FAST GREEN FOR BARR BODY DETERMINATION. REMOVED 04/1999.
PROCEDURE 95: ALCOHOLS.
PROCEDURE 96: OLD INCONCLUSIVE URINE CYTOLOGIES. REMOVED 01/2005.
PROCEDURE 97: 10% GLACIAL ACETIC ACID & CYTO-LYT SOLUTION.
PROCEDURE 98: OLD AEROSPRAY CYTOLOGY STAINING SYSTEM. REMOVED 11/2000.
PROCEDURE 99: OLD FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION STAINING PROGRAM. REMOVED 11/1997.
PROCEDURE 100: PAPANICOLAOU STAIN FOR ROUTINE MEDICAL AND GYNECOLOGIC CYTOLOGIES.
PROCEDURE 101: DIFF-QUIK STAIN PROCESS.
PROCEDURE 102: DESTAINING TECHNIQUE.
PROCEDURE 103: RESTAINING AND RECOVERING.
PROCEDURE 104: FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CYTOLOGY.
PROCEDURE 105: INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROCESSING ALL NON-GYNECOLOGIC SPECIMENS.
PROCEDURE 106: BODY FLUIDS PLEURAL, PERITONEAL.
PROCEDURE 107: NON-MUCOID SPECIMENS: URINE, CSF, SYNOVIAL FLUIDS.
PROCEDURE 108. MUCOID SPECIMENS: BRONCHIAL WASHINGS, LAVAGE, SPUTUM.
PROCEDURE 109: SPECIMENS WITH BRUSHES.
PROCEDURE 110: THIN-PREP PROCESSOR FIGURES.
PROCEDURE 111: CYTOBLOCK PREPARATION FOR TISSUE FRAGMENTS FROM CYTOLOGY SPECIMENS.
PROCEDURE 112: CYTOPATHOLOGY LABORATORY QUALITY CONTROL.
PROCEDURE 113: QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IN CYTOPATHOLOGY.
PROCEDURE 114: PROCEDURE FOR LABORATORY HANDLING OF UNIDENTIFIED, UNSATISFACTORY AND MISLABELED SPECIMENS.
PROCEDURE 115: SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IN CYTOPATHOLOGY.
PROCEDURE 116: STORAGE OF LABORATORY REAGENTS AND DISPOSAL OF FLEX-100.
PROCEDURE 117: LABORATORY MAINTENANCE RECORDS.
PROCEDURE 118: PROCEDURES FOR CLEANING DIRTY REUSABLE LABORATORY UTENSILS AND DISPOSING OF CONTAMINATED SPECIMEN CONTAINERS AND UNUSED SPECIMENS.
PROCEDURE 119: STAT LABORATORY PROCEDURES FOR CYTOLOGY SPECIMENS COLLECTED AFTER REGULAR LABORATORY WORKING HOURS.
PROCEDURE 120: PROCEDURES FOR ACCIDENTAL NEEDLE STICK OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE EXPOSURE TO BLOOD OR SECRETIONS/EXCRETIONS FROM INFECTIOUS PATIENTS.
PROCEDURE 121: PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING, PROCESSING AND DISPOSING OF ALL INFECTIOUS CYTOLOGY MATERIALS.
III. QUALITY ASSURANCE OPERATIONS.
PROCEDURE 122: VistA® CASE REPORTING AND LOOKUP.
PROCEDURE 123: GUIDELINES FOR CIRCULATING SLIDES, TISSUE BLOCKS AND REPORTS.
PROCEDURE 124: ANNUAL REVIEW OF PROCEDURES.
PROCEDURE 125: ANNUAL STATEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE OF PROCEDURES.
PROCEDURE 127: OLD ACETO-ORCEIN WITH FAST GREEN FOR BARR BODY DETERMINATION. REMOVED 04/1999.
PROCEDURE 128: POLICY FOR PROTECTING AND PRESERVING SLIDES IN ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY.
II. CYTOLOGY SERVICE.
PROCEDURE 129: 2001 BETHESDA SYSTEM.
PROCEDURE 130: POLICY FOR TUBERCULOSIS EXPOSURE CONTROL.
PROCEDURE 131: LEICA AUTO STAINER XL STAINING SYSTEM.
PROCEDURE 132: SHANDON VARISTAIN XY HISTOLOGY SYSTEM.
PROCEDURE 133: CYTOLOGY LABORATORY EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE.
PROCEDURE 134: MAIN OBJECTIVES OF CYTOLOGY LABORATORY.
PROCEDURE 135: PREPARATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CYTOLOGY STAINS AND SOLUTIONS.
PROCEDURE 136: CYTOLOGY SPECIMEN HANDLING OF HIGHLY INFECTIOUS CASES.
PROCEDURE 137: INTERDEPARTMENTAL CONSULTATIONS.
PROCEDURE 138: INVASIVE PROCEDURES REVIEW COMMITTEE.
PROCEDURE 139: THINPREP PROCESSOR OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS.
PROCEDURE 140: THIN PREP PAP SMEAR PROCEDURES FOR VISN5.
PROCEDURE 141: PATHOLOGY RESIDENT GROSS TEMPLATES.
PROCEDURE 142: PREVENTION OF CROSS CONTAMINATION DURING STAINING.
PROCEDURE 143: SURGICAL PATHOLOGY RESIDENT ROTATION.
PROCEDURE 144: ASCUS/AGUS CYTOPATHOLOGY CASES.
PROCEDURE 145: OUTSIDE CYTOPATHOLOGY CASES IN VISN.
IV. PATHOLOGY INFORMATICS.
PROCEDURE 146: DISCLAIMERS AND TEMPLATES FOR PATHOLOGY REPORTS.
PROCEDURE 147: TYPING SURGICAL PATHOLOGY REPORTS.
PROCEDURE 148: ABBREVIATIONS IN SURGICAL PATHOLOGY REPORTS.
PROCEDURE 149: INTRODUCTION TO PATHOLOGY INFORMATICS.
PROCEDURE 150: STRUCTURE OF THE MUMPS VistA® SURGICAL PATHOLOGY DATABASE.
PROCEDURE 151: MUMPS PRIMER.
PROCEDURE 152: INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS.
PROCEDURE 153: HIPAA PRIVACY REGULATIONS.
PROCEDURE 154: ATTENDING PATHOLOGIST ON-CALL SCHEDULE.
PROCEDURE 155: FORMS IN ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY.
PROCEDURE 156: DESIGN OF THE ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY PROCEDURE MANUAL.
PROCEDURE 157: WORD PROCESSING, EMAIL, PUBMED LITERATURE SEARCH.
PROCEDURE 158: CREDENTIALING IN PATHOLOGY.
PROCEDURE 159: PRINTER SETUP.
PROCEDURE 160: TNM STAGING.
V. ORGAN-SPECIFIC SPECIMEN HANDLING.
PROCEDURE 161: UPDATED TERMINOLOGY OF CHRONIC HEPATITIS.
PROCEDURE 162: HANDLING AND PROCESSING PIGMENTED SKIN LESIONS.
PROCEDURE 163: HANDLING AND PROCESSING NON-PIGMENTED SKIN LESIONS.
PROCEDURE 164: HANDLING AND PROCESSING FRESH MUSCLE BIOPSY SPECIMEN.
PROCEDURE 165: HANDLING AND PROCESSING ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL FROZEN SECTION.
PROCEDURE 166: HANDLING AND PROCESSING PROSTATECTOMY SPECIMEN.
PROCEDURE 167: HANDLING AND PROCESSING LARYNGECTOMY SPECIMEN.
PROCEDURE 168: HANDLING AND PROCESSING COLECTOMY SPECIMEN.
PROCEDURE 169: HANDLING AND PROCESSING GASTRECTOMY SPECIMEN.
PROCEDURE 170: HANDLING AND PROCESSING LUNG RESECTION SPECIMEN.
PROCEDURE 171: HANDLING AND PROCESSING HYSTERECTOMY SPECIMEN.
PROCEDURE 172: HANDLING AND PROCESSING MASTECTOMY SPECIMEN.
PROCEDURE 173: HANDLING AND PROCESSING THYROIDECTOMY SPECIMEN.
PROCEDURE 174: HANDLING AND PROCESSING NEPHRECTOMY SPECIMEN.
PROCEDURE 175: HANDLING AND PROCESSING RADICAL CYSTECTOMY SPECIMEN.
PROCEDURE 176: HANDLING AND PROCESSING PAROTIDECTOMY SPECIMEN.
PROCEDURE 177: HANDLING AND PROCESSING NECK DISSECTION SPECIMEN.
PROCEDURE 178: HANDLING AND PROCESSING BRAIN SPECIMEN.
PROCEDURE 179: HANDLING AND PROCESSING NEOPLASTIC SKIN BIOPSY.
PROCEDURE 180: HANDLING AND PROCESSING NON-NEOPLASTIC SKIN BIOPSY.
PROCEDURE 181: HANDLING AND PROCESSING ESOPHAGEAL BIOPSY.
PROCEDURE 182: HANDLING AND PROCESSING GASTRIC BIOPSY.
PROCEDURE 183: HANDLING AND PROCESSING SMALL INTESTINAL BIOPSY.
PROCEDURE 184: HANDLING AND PROCESSING COLONIC BIOPSY.
PROCEDURE 185: HANDLING AND PROCESSING WHIPPLE RESECTION.
PROCEDURE 186: HANDLING AND PROCESSING ESOPHAGECTOMY.
PROCEDURE 187: EVALUATING NEW ANTIBODY, NEW LOTS.
PROCEDURE 188: REMOTE DATA ACCESS ON CPRS.
PROCEDURE 189: FLOW CYTOMETRY ON TISSUE.
VI. PATHOLOGY OFFICE.
PROCEDURE 190: INTRODUCTION TO PATHOLOGY OFFICE.
PROCEDURE 191: WORD PROCESSING.
PROCEDURE 192: EMAIL.
PROCEDURE 193: VistA® FILE MANAGER.
PROCEDURE 194: INTERNET BROWSER.
PROCEDURE 195: SPREADSHEET.
PROCEDURE 196: RELATIONAL DATABASE.
PROCEDURE 197: IMAGE CAPTURE.
PROCEDURE 198: IMAGE EDITOR.
PROCEDURE 199: SLIDE PRESENTATION.
PROCEDURE 200: SUMMARY OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY MONTHLY REPORT.
PROCEDURE 201: SUMMARY OF AUTOPSY PATHOLOGY MONTHLY REPORT.
VII. AUTOPSY SERVICE.
PROCEDURE 202: INTRODUCTION TO THE AUTOPSY SERVICE.
PROCEDURE 203: PREPARATION OF AUTOPSY DOCUMENTS.
PROCEDURE 204: QUESTIONS ABOUT AUTOPSY.
PROCEDURE 205: STARTING THE AUTOPSY.
PROCEDURE 206: AUTOPSY QUALITY ASSURANCE CONFERENCES.
PROCEDURE 207: PAPERWORK TIMETABLE.
PROCEDURE 208: AUTOPSY REPORT FORMAT.
PROCEDURE 209: FINAL AUTOPSY SIGNOUT.
PROCEDURE 210: RECORDS, REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION.
PROCEDURE 211: AUTOPSY ROOM PROCEDURES, PRECAUTIONARY POLICIES.
PROCEDURE 212: GENERAL AUTOPSY PROCEDURE FOR AUTOPSY ASSISTANT.
PROCEDURE 213: SAFETY POLICIES FOR CREUTZFELD-JAKOB DISEASE AND UNDIAGNOSED ENCEPHALITIS CASES. GUIDELINES FOR HIGH-RISK OR POTENTIALLY HIGH-RISK AUTOPSY CASES.
PROCEDURE 214: ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND: POSTMORTEM EXAMINERS.
PROCEDURE 215: AUTOPSY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
PROCEDURE 216: HANDLING OF SUSPECTED HEPATITIS SPECIMENS.
PROCEDURE 217: AIDS AUTOPSY PRECAUTIONS.
PROCEDURE 218: AUTOPSY RUSH OR PILOT SECTIONS.
PROCEDURE 219: DISPOSAL OF SPECIMENS.
PROCEDURE 220: FORMALIN SPILLS AND DISPOSAL.
PROCEDURE 221: RELEASE OF BODIES FROM THE MORGUE.
PROCEDURE 222: OLD AUTOCLAVING. REMOVED 11/2003.
PROCEDURE 223: PHOTOGRAPHY.
PROCEDURE 224: AUTOPSY ROOM CLEANUP AFTER AUTOPSIES.
PROCEDURE 225: OLD VistA® IMAGING SYSTEM FOR AUTOPSY MATERIALS. REMOVED 11/2003
PROCEDURE 226: MORTALITY/AUTOPSY STATISTICS.
PROCEDURE 227: WEIGHT-RANGES AND TEMPLATES FOR ADULT AUTOPSIES.
VIII. PATHOLOGY QUALITY ASSURANCE.
PROCEDURE 228: COMPLIANCE WITH SECT. 508, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
PROCEDURE 229: IMAGE SEGMENTATION AND ANALYSIS IN PATHOLOGY.
PROCEDURE 230: WOMENS' CLINIC MONTHLY REPORT.
PROCEDURE 231: ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES.
PROCEDURE 232: PREPARATION OF INVASIVE PROCEDURES REVIEW COMMITTEE MONTHLY REPORT.
PROCEDURE 233: VistA® FILEMANAGER DOWNLOAD TO SPREADSHEET.
PROCEDURE 234: COMPUTER SECURITY FOR PATHOLOGISTS.
PROCEDURE 235: HTML AND PERL.
PROCEDURE 236: VERIFICATION OF PATIENT IDENTIFICATION.
PROCEDURE 237: ARTIFICIAL INFELLIGENCE FOR PATHOLOGISTS.
PROCEDURE 238: READ BACK.
PROCEDURE 239: SHARPS PROCEDURE.
PROCEDURE 240: LARGE RESECTION CAP/AJCC/UICC PROTOCOLS.
PROCEDURE 241: PRE- AND POST-ANALYTIC PERFORMANCE.
PROCEDURE 242: SEMANTIC MODEL FOR SURGICAL PATHOLOGY REPORTS.
PROCEDURE 243: CPT BILLING.
PROCEDURE 244: VistA® FILEMANAGER.
PROCEDURE 245: PROFESSIONAL WORKLOAD.
PROCEDURE 246: REPORTING CRITICAL TEST RESULTS.
PROCEDURE 247: SECURITY KEYS FOR PATHOLOGY PERSONNEL.
PROCEDURE 248: MONTHLY DSS REPORT.
PROCEDURE 249: HOW TO FILE AN INCIDENT REPORT.
PROCEDURE 250: HOW TO ENTER A CPRS NOTE.
PROCEDURE 251: BRAIN CUTTING.
PROCEDURE 252: DOCUMENT CONTROL IN ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY.
PROCEDURE 253: MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS.
PROCEDURE 254: NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY GOALS.
PROCEDURE 255: PREPARING FOR A POWER FAILURE.
PROCEDURE 256: CANCER COMMITTEE ANNUAL LETTER.
PROCEDURE 257: ER/PR REPORTING.
PROCEDURE 258: SEARCH SURG PATH DATABASE.
PROCEDURE 259: FLOW FOR NEEDLE ASPIRATION.
PROCEDURE 260: MIRROR ACCOUNT.
PROCEDURE 261: SURVEY APPLICATION RECORD.
PROCEDURE 262: CD MARKERS.
PROCEDURE 263: AUTOPSY PROTOCOL: AGENT ORANGE.
PROCEDURE 264: LYMPH NODE PATHOLOGY. DR. GOCKE.
PROCEDURE 265: TTF-1.
PROCEDURE 266: ENDOGENOUS BIOTIN.
PROCEDURE 267: REPROCESSING THINPREP® SAMPLE VIALS.
PROCEDURE 268: SECURE OUTLOOK® EMAIL.
PROCEDURE 269: CARDIAC BIOPSY.
RESPONSES TO CAP INSPECTION QUESTIONS.
† Deceased.