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See also: Quality improvement program:
33, 35,
113, 137,
138.
PRINCIPLE OF THE TEST.
All surgical pathology cases are reviewed by the pathologists
for standards of quality.
SPECIMEN REQUIRED.
All human tissue excised at surgery, outpatient clinics,
and postmortems, fresh or in fixative, along with a filled-out
Tissue Examination Form
(U. S. Standard Form 515, USSF515).
REAGENTS, INSTRUMENTATION.
Hematoxylin and eosin stains. Special stains.
STEP-BY-STEP DESCRIPTION.
1. Each day, all surgical pathology cases
are reviewed by the pathologists at the QA conference.
The adequacy of staining (frozen sections and
permanent sections) is assessed, and documented in the signed logbook
in the Anatomic Pathology Signout Room, 4D-139.
2. For special stains, control slides are always included and
examined. ALL STAINS are checked for their intended reactivity
at the time of use, AND INITIALED IN THE HISTOLOGY LOGBOOK BY THE
PATHOLOGIST. If there are any deficiencies, a note is written
in the QA logbook.
3. The supervisor is notified any problem by voice and by e-mail
by the CHIEF, SURGICAL PATHOLOGY SECTION.
A note of the deficiency is appended to the histotechnologist's
performance record.
REFERENCE.
1. Rosai J.
Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology. Ninth Edition.
St Louis: C.V. Mosby. 2004;:.
ISBN: 0323013422, 3080 pages.
2. Mills SE, Carter D, Greenson JK, Oberman HA,
Reuter VE, Stoler MH, eds.
Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathology. Fourth Edition.
New York: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2004;:.
ISBN: 0781740517, 3089 pages.