SPECIMEN ACCESSIONING

Question 1

•Specimens must be put in a container labeled with the patient’s name and specimen source/site and with pathology requisition form.

Answer 1

Specimen Reception

Question 2

must have the patient information, history, clinical signs and symptoms description in the site of origin so that the pathologist would have the baseline on what to check on that certain tissue.

Answer 2

Requisition Form

Question 3

Specimen Container
The specimen should have ALL of the following labeled:

Answer 3

1. Full patient name
2. Medical record number
3. Age and sex of the patient
4. Type of specimen (Anatomic site)
5. Date and time of collection
6. Location of the patient
7. Name of the surgeon

Question 4

SPECIMEN REJECTION CRITERIA

Answer 4

LIIPSFREUD

• Left unfixed or unrefrigerated for an extended period

• Incomplete patient information/clinical history

• Insufficient sample for processing

• Putrefied or autolyzed specimen

• Spilled or contaminated specimens

• Failure to the requesting physician to enter the request in the computer

• Referral pathology consultation material without Histopathology report of referring hospital.

• Enter containers without the specimen or form

• Unlabeled or wrong label on the specimen

• Damage specimen or broken slide.

Question 5

All specimens must be delivered to the laboratory immediately (within _____maximum) with a completed requisition form.

Answer 5

1 hour

Question 6

requisition form that contain the following information:

Answer 6

1. Name of patient
2. Age, Date of Birth, Sex
3. Medical Record NUmber
4. Date and Time of Collection
5. Type of Specimen (anatomic site)
6. Location of the Patient
7. Clinical History of the patient
8. Pre/post operation diagnosis
9. The requesting physician’s name
10. Physician or Authorized person’s signature on the request form
11. Name and address of physician (for referral laboratories)

Question 7

comes after making sure that everything is matched.

Answer 7

Specimen Accessioning

Question 8

First and most important step in HP outside the tissue processing procedures because if there is a double entry, it is very difficult to differentiate the two specimens.

Answer 8

Specimen Accessioning

Question 9

SPECIMEN ACCESSIONING PROCESS

Answer 9

CSAWFA

1. Complete forms/documents such as Histopath Request Form, Receipt of transaction and other pertinent documents.
2. Specimen pre-fixed with formalin (done before the gross examination)
3. Accession of the specimen by writing the serial number
4. Write all the details in the logbook (serial number, Px’s name, age, gender, room, specimen, name of pathologist who will examine, date specimen received, due date).
5. Fill up the surgical pathology worksheet
6. Attached all documents in one folder.

Question 10

Type of Specimen

Answer 10

AP= Autopsy Pathology
SP =Surgical Pathology

Question 11

SP-20-143

Answer 11

Type of specimen

Year

Nth specimen of the year

Question 12

(For multiple samples in one patient)

Answer 12

SP-20-143-A

Question 13

If the patient has a multiple sample you should assign a____ depending on what type of specimen

Answer 13

letter