STORAGE, RETENTION AND DISPOSAL Flashcards
1
Q
RECORDS: Requests, accession logs, maintenance and QC LOGS
STORAGE:
A
2 YEARS
2
Q
RECORDS: BB QUALITY CONTROL
STORAGE:
A
5 YEARS
3
Q
RECORDS: BB employee signatures, patient records, donor and recipient records
STORAGE:
A
10 YEARS
4
Q
RECORDS: Record of indefinitely/permanently deferred donors; forensic accession logs
STORAGE:
A
INDEFINITELY
5
Q
Urine
STORAGE:
A
24 hours
6
Q
Serum and other body fluids
STORAGE:
A
48 hours
7
Q
Microbiology and blood smears
STORAGE:
A
7 days
8
Q
BB donor/recipient
STORAGE:
A
7 days post-transfusion
9
Q
Surgical tissues
STORAGE:
A
2 weeks after final report
10
Q
Cytogenic slides
STORAGE:
A
3 years
11
Q
Cytology slides
STORAGE:
A
5 YEARS
12
Q
Tissue, BM, FNA slides
STORAGE:
A
10 YEARS
13
Q
Paraffin blocks
STORAGE:
A
10 years
14
Q
Forensics: Blocks, Slides
STORAGE:
A
INDEFINITELY
15
Q
CLINICAL PATHOLOGY (e.g. CC, HEMA)
STORAGE:
A
2 years
