UNIT 2.1 RECEIVING AND REQUEST FORM Flashcards
STEPS DONE IN THE RECEIVING AREA:
- Receiving
- Logging
- Accessioning/Numbering
specimen must always accompany the
request form
Cannot be received first before the request
form
Specimen
Place all the information present in the request form into the
logbook
Process of giving identity or an identifying marker to a
specimen
Accessioning/Numbering
The first step in the histopathology laboratory
Accessioning/Numbering
Request form should contain the following:
- Health facility name
- Hospital Number
- Name of patient
- Date/Time of request
- Age/Date of birth
- Sex
- Address
- Contact No.
- Clinical Abstract
- Laboratory investigation/request
- Specimen
what should be included if hospital number is not known or if the specimen is a Send Out specimen for communication?
Contact number of the Health facility
The medical history of the patient
Clinical Abstract
First Symptom experienced by the patient
Chief complaint
has the 2nd Copy of the Result form
Requesting Physician
Evaluates the tissue as sent by the
surgeon/attending physician, to determine if it is
benign or malignant
Requested Pathologist
Once a patient is admitted for the first time in the hospital, a ____________ is assigned to them
hospital number
patient information shoudl include signuture?
NO