BIOPSY AND POST MORTEM EXAMINATION Flashcards
Pathology is divided into two major areas:
Clinical Pathology
Anatomical Pathology
Histopathology
CFITS
Cytology
Frozen Biopsy
Immunohistochemistry/ Immune staining
Tissue Processing
Special Staining
The study of tissues affected by disease
Useful in making a diagnosis and in determining the severity and progress of a condition
HISTOPATHOLOGY
Includes all activities done in the laboratory in order to produce a suitable specimen slide for viewing by the pathologist
HISTOPATHOLOGIC TECHNIQUES
PROFESSIONALS UNDER HISTOPATHOLOGY
Pathologist
Associate Pathologist
Histotechnologist/Histotechnician
(Head of the Laboratory)
Pathologist
Sections large and hollow organs to allow fixation down to mounting
Examines the tissue sections, cytologic slides under the microscope
Pathologist
o Monitor staff performance
o Pinpoint problematic situations and find solutions
Associate Pathologist
Assists the pathologists by providing spx slides that are properly labeled, processed, stained, and mounted
Histotechnologist/Histotechnician
o Ensures high quality conditions of equipment, formalin, and other chemicals and reagents
o Analyze problems and corrects them
Histotechnologist/Histotechnician
Work systematically to minimize error
Histotech
QUALITY IN HISTOPATHOLOGY LABORATORY
Quality Assurance
Quality Management Systems
• Ensuring that everything is right (test time, specimen, patient, diagnosis and price)
Quality Assurance
• Set of coordinated activities to regulate a lab in order to continually improve its performance
Quality Management Systems
Considers pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic phase
Quality Management Systems
•
From receiving to specimen accessioning down to mounting
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Actual reading of the slides
•
Releasing of results
Pre-analytic
Analytic
Post-analytic
Documents
RRAP
Request forms
Reports
Accession Logbooks
Preventive Maintenance
Types of results
• Surgical Pathology
• Cytopathology
• Autopsy Report
TAT Surgical Pathology and Cytology =
2 days
TAT
Frozen Sections =
5-15 minutes
TAT
Autopsy Report =
7 days
Reports
Patient report
Telephone report
Preliminary report
Final report
Incident report
Post mortem examination
Autopsy
Ante mortem examination
Biopsy
Autopsia Cadaverum
Autopsy
Biopsy
“____” - life;
“___” - to see
Bio
Opsia
AUTOPSY
• AKA “
Necropsy
Post-Mortem
Thanatopsy
Purposes of autopsy
• Determine the cause of death and extent of injury
• Uncovering existence of an undetected disease