The first problem was with the tech who removed thespecimens from the OR without checking to make certain everything was included. She/he should never have left the OR without responding to the issue and that would have taken the blame off of the histotechs. We have OR bring specimens to us and sign in with a label as used on the container, initial and date/time everything. The techs accepting specimens have to sign off and accept responsibility at that point. When we did go to the OR, a few yaers ago, we had the same logbook in place there. The OR personnel had to sign everything in and when we picked the tissue up, we checked each specimen off in the logbook with our initials and time/date. Same process, only in reverse. Once anyone initialed the logbook, it was that person's responsibility as to the specimen integrity.
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