Original vs photocopied reqs?

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I'm a resident at an institution where after specimens are grossed, the original requisition forms, that have come from the OR and been used/frequently touched while grossing, are handed out with the slides. We take these reqs to our desk where we work all day, eat, etc. I thought nothing of it until I shadowed elsewhere, where the front desk staff photocopies the originals and hands out the photocopies with the slides instead.

I'm curious how most institutions handle their requisition forms. Are the originals given out with the slides, or photocopies? If photocopies, who is responsible for photocopying them?

 

[Unty]

Never had photocopies of req forms. Had a separate sheet of paper with the case number and patient name printed out by the office people. If we didn’t have that form we just printed out the path report with no diagnosis yet and we would write our diagnosis on the paper.

 

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Ghst

I'm a resident at an institution where after specimens are grossed, the original requisition forms, that have come from the OR and been used/frequently touched while grossing, are handed out with the slides. We take these reqs to our desk where we work all day, eat, etc. I thought nothing of it until I shadowed elsewhere, where the front desk staff photocopies the originals and hands out the photocopies with the slides instead.

I'm curious how most institutions handle their requisition forms. Are the originals given out with the slides, or photocopies? If photocopies, who is responsible for photocopying them?

That is straight nasty. Get that policy changed. Make it you QI /safety project or whatever you can call it for this new acgme milestone rubbish

 

[BamaAlum]

I'm a resident at an institution where after specimens are grossed, the original requisition forms, that have come from the OR and been used/frequently touched while grossing, are handed out with the slides. We take these reqs to our desk where we work all day, eat, etc. I thought nothing of it until I shadowed elsewhere, where the front desk staff photocopies the originals and hands out the photocopies with the slides instead.

I'm curious how most institutions handle their requisition forms. Are the originals given out with the slides, or photocopies? If photocopies, who is responsible for photocopying them?

C. None of the above
We don’t turn out paper reqs of any kind. Reqs are scanned and attached to the case at accessioning. Paper reqs are filed after grossing. Slides are barcoded so when you scan the slide the req (and demographics sheet, frozen form, adequacy assessment, etc) is a click away if you need to reference it.

 

[Torsed]

If that’s your worst battle in pathology consider yourself lucky.

I’d only eat chow in the mess hall. Why are you eating in the office. Think those janitors at night don’t put their sweaty bootys on your desk.

 

[Euchromatin]

C. None of the above
We don’t turn out paper reqs of any kind. Reqs are scanned and attached to the case at accessioning. Paper reqs are filed after grossing. Slides are barcoded so when you scan the slide the req (and demographics sheet, frozen form, adequacy assessment, etc) is a click away if you need to reference it.

Similar process here. Paper requisitions are scanned into the lab information system when the case is accessioned and never leave the gross room. We are also in the midst of a slow process of bringing up electronic order entry so, eventually (theoretically), we won't won't get paper requisitions at all. This has only been implemented in the ORs of our largest hospital client so far...going to take a while but will save a lot of accessioning time someday. The only printed paperwork we get with slides is a short list of the case(s) included on a particular tray with just pt name, surgeon name, specimen header and any provided clinical info. Everything else is just in the LIS when you scan the barcode on one of the slides.

Totally agree that having to handle potentially contaminated paperwork that was previously at grossing benches in one's office (typically a "clean" area where gloves/PPE aren't considered necessary) while looking at slides is disgusting and a health hazard.