Re: [Histonet] The LEGAL side of specimen ownership

2021-08-19 Thread E. Wayne Johnson via Histonet
Townsend synth intro [dito dito dito dito nano dito nano dito] Washington University vs WJ Catalona (2005, 2008) dealt with the subject of research samples which had been formally donated to the university, not with body parts excised during the course of surgery that the patient wants

Re: [Histonet] The LEGAL side of specimen ownership

2021-08-19 Thread Terri Braud via Histonet
Sorry, E. Wayne, but in the USA, according to December 2004 JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association 292(20):2500-5, recent examination of these issues by a US federal court resulted in a ruling that individuals do not retain rights of ownership or control of biological materials.

Re: [Histonet] release of body parts

2021-08-19 Thread Bob Richmond via Histonet
Patients should not be given formalin. You can transfer the specimen to 70% alcohol, and hope they don't drink it. If you're in one of those unusual pathology services where photography is permitted, I wonder if you could offer the patient a photograph of the specimen by e-mail. Bob Richmond

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Re: [Histonet] release of body parts

2021-08-19 Thread E. Wayne Johnson via Histonet
I will take the other side of this argument. If you go to the Dentist and he extracts a tooth, it is the usual procedure that he gives it to you. After all it is "your tooth". Like wise, it's your gall bladder.  The legal department should understand that it is your personal property and the

Re: [Histonet] release of body parts

2021-08-19 Thread John Garratt via Histonet
I suggest that path labs start a discussion with Risk Management team and lawyers to get advice on the tease of tissues to patients. The uterus in the landfill or the gallbladder at school “show and tell” will be sure to get your legal department on edge and the lab’s name in the local paper.